covert

英 ['kʌvət] 美 ['koʊvɜːrt]

• adj. 隐蔽的；偷偷摸摸的；隐密的
• n. 掩蔽物；树丛；覆羽

英英释义

Noun:

1. a flock of coots

2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;

   "a screen of trees afforded privacy"
   "under cover of darkness"
   "the brush provided a covert for game"
   "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background"
   

Adjective:

1. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed;

   "covert actions by the CIA"
   "covert funding for the rebels"
   

2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband;

   "a woman covert"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Some people say this was a covert scheme.
   有人说，这是阴谋。
2. I was only doing my job as a covert agent.
   作为一个隐蔽的代理人
3. He stole a covert glance at her across the table.
   他朝桌子对面偷偷地瞥了她一眼。
4. Every measure, both overt and covert, is being taken against terrorists.
   每一种方法，公开的和隐密的，都用来对付敌人。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The brush provided a covert for game.
   那块灌木丛为游戏提供了掩蔽物。
2. The deer fled to a covert.
   鹿逃入丛林中。

经典引文

• This covert nook reports not of his hand.

  出自： Wordsworth

词汇搭配

• covert coverage 隐性采访,秘密采访...
• covert coat 轻皮短外套
• covert trade barrier 变相贸易壁垒...
• covert operation 秘密行动
• tail covert 尾盖
• covert behavior 内隐行为
• feme covert 已婚女子
• wing covert 廓羽
• draw a covert 把隐藏处赶出...

近反义词

【近义词】

• secret 秘密
• veiled 戴着面纱的
• hidden 隐藏的
• refuge 避难
• shelter 避难所
• hideaway 隐匿处
• covered 被覆盖的
• concealed 隐藏的
• underground 地下的
• disguised 动词disguise的过...
• cache 隐藏所
• enigmatic 谜的
• private 私人的
• den 兽穴
• significant 重要的
• fortress 堡垒
• habitat 栖息地
• closet 壁橱
• invisible 看不见的
• grove 小树林
• retirement 退休
• clandestine 秘密的(常指违法的行为)...
• hiding place 躲藏处
• furtive 偷偷的
• undercover 从事秘密工作的...
• surreptitious 暗中进行的
• copse 树丛
• wood 木材
• thicket 繁茂处
• coppice 矮林
• undergrowth 矮树丛
• place 地方
• hiding 隐藏
• concealment 隐匿
• cover 封面
• screen 屏幕

【反义词】

• overt 公开的