Covert

['kʌvət;'kəʊvɜːt] or ['kovɝt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a flock of coots.

(adj.) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; 'covert actions by the CIA'; 'covert funding for the rebels' .

(adj.) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; 'a woman covert' .

整理:露丝--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

(v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.

(v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.

(a.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

(a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

校對:拉里

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Shelter, refuge, asylum, harbor, sanctuary, retreat, defence.

a. Hidden, concealed, secret, disguised, clandestine, underhand, sly, insidious, stealthy.

整理:马库斯

同義詞及反義詞：

[See COVER_and_SECRET]

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