詞彙精選：cover的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
覆蓋物；套子，罩子，蓋子；被子，毯子，牀單，牀罩 [C]
例句：
He took the cover off the font, and put his white gloves in it.
他揭開聖水器的蓋子，把自己的白手套放了進去。
例句：
I can't make the cover of the tin fit on.
我無法把這罐頭蓋子蓋上。
封面，封皮 [C]
例句：
The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.
畫報的封面上印上美女不過是吸引顧客的一種營銷噱頭。
例句：
The front cover of the novel has been torn off.
這本小說的封面已被撕掉。
躲避處，避難所，庇護所 [U]
例句：
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查爾斯點燃了導火索，他們便趕緊四處躲避。
例句：
The barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover is the only choise for them.
沒有樹木和其他遮蔽物的荒蕪之地是他們僅有的選擇。
保險 [U]
例句：
Do you have cover against theft?
你有防盜保險嗎？
例句：
Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
確保該公司上了足夠的保險。
掩蓋，掩飾；隱蔽，遮蔽 [C]
例句：
I don't have any cover to persuade me that I'm not missing him.
我找不到一個能說服我不想念他的藉口。
例句：
The spy's cover was blown.
間諜的僞裝被揭穿了。
v.
蓋，覆蓋，遮住，遮蓋，掩蔽，蓋在…上面，鋪在…上面 [I,T]
例句：
It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.
今晚大概會有霜凍，一定要把花草都遮蓋好。
例句：
A heavy fall of snow covered the ground.
一場大雪覆蓋了大地。
遮掩，掩蓋，包庇 [I,T]
例句：
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩飾自己緊張的心情。
例句：
He tried to cover up his mistakes of the past few years.
他試圖掩飾過去幾年的錯誤。
適用於，討論，涉及，包括 [T]
例句：
You can raise your prices so as to cover us with a certain percentage.
你可以提高你們的價格以便包含一定比例的我們的費用。
例句：
The law covers four categories of experiments.
該法規適用於4類試驗。
行走 [T]
例句：
I'll cover sector three.
我會經過3區。
例句：
It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
就那麼點兒汽油很難開10英里。
採訪，報導 [T]
例句：
They cover issues that receive little attention by mainstream media.
他們報導不受主流媒體關注的議題。
例句：
The reporter covered the event.
那名記者採訪報導該事件。
足以支付，夠付 [T]
例句：
Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration.
將它寄到指定地址，並附上1.50英鎊以支付郵資和管理費。
例句：
Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
那筆錢甚至都不夠賠償破損費。
給…保險 [T]
例句：
Will insurance cover me for things like that?
這些事情，保險會給我保障嗎？
例句：
He will cover the loss with insurance.
他將以保險金抵償損失。
掩護，防護 [T]
例句：
They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
他們聲稱無法爲地面軍事行動提供充分的空中掩護。
例句：
You go first. I'll cover you.
你先撤，我掩護你。
代替，頂替 [I]
例句：
Will you cover for John today, Jean?
瓊，你今天能頂替約翰嗎？
例句：
Her assistant covered for her.
她的助理代理她的職務。
二、詞義辨析：
cover,lid
這兩個名詞都有“蓋子，遮蓋物”之意。cover泛指所有的遮蓋物。包括蓋子或書籍、雜誌的封面等。lid通常指可以揭開的如箱蓋、壇蓋、壺蓋等蓋子。
三、相關短語：
cover for
v. 代替
cover up
掩飾,遮掩,掩蓋,包括
air cover
空中掩護，航測成圖地區
cloud cover
n.雲量
cover charge
n.(飯店等的)服務費
cover crop
覆蓋作物，肥田作物，保護作物
cover glass
蓋玻璃，顯微鏡蓋玻片，防護玻璃罩，護眼罩，保護玻璃，玻璃蓋片
cover plate
蓋板，蓋片，翼緣板，防護玻璃，活動蓋板
dust cover
防塵外殼
ground cover
phr. 地被植物
lens cover
透鏡蓋
manhole cover
井蓋，人孔蓋，進入孔蓋
四、參考例句：
Cover the jam!
蓋上果醬瓶！
What does distribution cover?
經銷包括什麼內容？
Lies cannot cover up facts.
謊言不能掩蓋真實。
This is the cover story.
這是個封面故事。
The insurance cover is optional.
保險範圍可以隨意選擇。
I'll cover sector three.
我會經過3區。
Cover the turkey with gravy.
給火雞灑上肉汁。
Cover as if with a shroud.
彷彿用覆蓋物掩飾着。
He glued the cover to the book.
他用膠水把封面粘在書上。
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩飾自己緊張的心情。
