| 词汇 | cover |
| 释义 | cover 1. noun 1 an admission fee paid to enter a bar or club. A shortened 'cover charge' US, 1986. 2 a single large-denomination note wrapped around small-denomination notes, giving the impression of a great deal of money US, 1964. 3 a recording which has been popularised by someone else. A shortened form of the more formal 'cover version' US, 1970. 4 the disguise and staged personality assumed by an expert card counter playing blackjack in a casino in the hope of avoiding detection and ejection US, 1991 2. verb 1 (used of a male) to have sex with a woman. Conventionally applied to a stallion with a mare TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1980. 2 (used of a favourite by sports gamblers) to win by at least the margin established as the pointspread by the bookmakers US, 1991 cover over cover over sth • cover sth over to cover the top of something completely with something else, in order to hide or protect it: He made a hole in the ground, emptied the contents of the sack into it, and then covered it over. The planes were hidden in thick bamboo and covered over so that they could not be seen from the air. cover up 1. cover up sth • cover sth up to stop people from finding out the truth about something such as a crime or a mistake: Confidential information was stolen from an office in the Watergate building, and Nixon tried to cover it up. Hemmings stole a total of $150,000 from the company, falsifying the accounts to cover it up. Although Yeltsin's heart attack was covered up by the Kremlin, it was obvious that he was not in day-to-day charge of the government.cover up for sb (=protect someone who has done something bad or wrong by trying to stop people from finding out about it) Tammy Jones lied to cover up for her husband, saying that he had been at home with her on March 15th.cover-up n C an attempt to prevent the public from discovering the truth about something: The government immediately began a massive cover-up, blaming the demonstrators for the violence.2. cover up sth/sb • cover sth/sb up to cover something or someone with something, in order to hide or protect them: We'd better cover up all the furniture while we're doing the decorating. When the sun is very strong, it's best to cover yourself up rather than relying on sun screens.
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