| 单词 | cover up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cover up to cover up 1. To wrap up so as to conceal; to cover over. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover over or up bitheccheOE bewrya1000 overheleOE becoverc1325 overcovera1382 overhillc1390 hapc1400 whelvec1440 bield?1507 to cover over1530 obrute1542 overdight1581 whave1674 tile1719 beshroud1847 to cover up1872 1872 E. Peacock Mabel Heron I. viii. 131 The idea of covering up any portion of the rich garden loam with buildings. 1881 W. M. Thayer From Log Cabin to White House iv Often..feeling cold after having kicked off the bedclothes, he would say in his sleep: ‘Tom, cover me up’. 2. transitive. To conceal (a crime, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > cover up smother1579 to shuffle up1588 smother1589 smooth1592 smooth1592 slobber1630 to hush up1632 slubber1646 smooth1684 sopite1746 shade1785 smug1857 hugger-mugger1862 to cover up1926 1926 G. Hunting Vicarion xi. 189 It was the scenes she'd just looked at in the theater—something she'd done and thought was covered up, but is found out now! 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude iv A distressingly obvious attempt to cover up a chronic state of..guilty conscience. 3. intransitive. Cricket. To protect one's wicket with one's pads or legs from a ball that is turning in. ΚΠ 1927 M. A. Noble Those ‘Ashes’ 16 The ball must not be pitched outside the leg stump, because the batsman can cover up without danger. 4. intransitive. To conceal a misdeed, deception, etc.; to assist a wrongdoer to escape detection. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > escape observation [verb (intransitive)] > conceal misdeed to cover up1942 to cover for1968 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] > that disguises disguising1561 cloaking1563 umbratical1662 to cover up1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §489/3 Cover (for), cover up (for).., to assist a confederate. 1958 Spectator 15 Aug. 225/1 Real or imaginary names are put to scripts imported from America... British writers are employed at starvation wages to ‘cover up’. 1961 in J. Barzun Delights of Detection 312 A woman who wouldn't commit a murder might be willing to help cover up after it had been committed. 1970 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 2 Two police constables wrote out their resignation..because they were so sickened at attempts by senior officers to ‘cover up’ for a superintendent involved in a fatal road accident. to cover up d. to cover up: to get up, succeed in rising. ΚΠ c1300 K. Alis. 4269 His hors..keoverid up abowe the flod; And swam to that othir syde. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 5898 Vp he keuered on his fete. < as lemmas |
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