cover
英式英标[\'kʌvɚ]
美式音标[\'kʌvə]
vt. 包括；采访，报导；涉及
n. 封面，封皮；盖子；掩蔽物
vi. 覆盖；代替
n. (Cover)人名；(英)科弗；(意)科韦尔
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中文词源cover 覆盖
来自拉丁词cooperire, 覆盖，来自co-, 强调，ob-, 去，往，per, 同wer-, 覆盖，保护，词源同warn, warrant. 比较aperture, 开口，孔，来自ap-, 离开，per, 覆盖，保护。
英文词源covercover: [13] Cover comes ultimately from Latin cooperīre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- ‘completely’ and operīre ‘cover’ (a relative of aperīre ‘open’, from which English gets aperient). It passed into English via Old French cuvrir or covrir. Derivatives include coverlet [13] (in which the final element represents not the diminutive suffix but French lit ‘bed’, the word being a borrowing from Anglo-Norman covrelit, literally ‘bed-cover’) and kerchief (literally ‘head-cover’), as in handkerchief.=> aperient, discovercover (v.)mid-12c., from Old French covrir (12c., Modern French couvrir) "to cover, protect, conceal, dissemble," from Late Latin coperire, from Latin cooperire "to cover over, overwhelm, bury," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + operire "to close, cover" (see weir). Related: Covered; covering. Military sense is from 1680s; newspaper sense first recorded 1893; use in football dates from 1907. Betting sense is 1857. Of horses, as a euphemism for "copulate" it dates from 1530s. Covered wagon attested from 1745.cover (n.)early 13c., in compounds, from cover (v.). Meaning "recording of a song already recorded by another" is 1966. Cover girl is U.S. slang from 1915, shortening of magazine-cover girl.
中文解释1、co- "intensive prefix" + oper- "close, cover" => cooper- => cover.2. over 上面——cover盖上（在…上面盖上某东西）
实用例句1. Just play it safe, cover your ass, keep your head down. 要谨慎行事，保护好自己并保持低调。 来自柯林斯例句 2. Pack the fruits and nuts into the jars and cover with brandy. 把水果和坚果放进罐子里，用白兰地酒浸泡。 来自柯林斯例句 3. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures. 我应该指出，这些估算仅包括医院的费用。 来自柯林斯例句 4. The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire. 出纳员在持枪歹徒开枪时冲向藏身处。 来自柯林斯例句 5. A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover. 一块趣味盎然的桌布就能使一张廉价桌子面目一新。 来自柯林斯例句
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