| 单词 | in cover |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin cover c. † in cover: in concealment (obsolete). under cover: under a screening or sheltering eminence, roof, etc. under (the) cover of: under the protection or shelter of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb] by covert1477 secretly1535 in coverc1540 hiddenly1580 tectly1587 in(to) smoke1924 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [phrase] > in or under the shelter of in, under (the) lee (ofOE under covert1477 under (the) covert of1477 under coverc1540 under the shelter of1595 in (the) covert of1611 under (the) cover of1726 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10513 Kepis you in couer, cleane out of sight! 1573 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 110 Sydenham..was in cover all the while. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 421 [They] being compell'd to lodge in the Field, which grew now to be very Cold, whilst his Army was under cover. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 211 Whilst others got up water-buts, and slept in them under the cover of a tree. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. vi. 189 We can glide under cover of the woods with less hazard of being seen. 1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 143 These feed..under cover of the darkness. 1885 U. S. Grant Pers. Mem. I. xx. 274 The troops..lay crouched under cover of the river bank. < as lemmas |
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