词汇精选：cover的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
覆盖物；套子，罩子，盖子；被子，毯子，床单，床罩 [C]
例句：
He took the cover off the font, and put his white gloves in it.
他揭开圣水器的盖子，把自己的白手套放了进去。
例句：
I can't make the cover of the tin fit on.
我无法把这罐头盖子盖上。
封面，封皮 [C]
例句：
The pretty girl on the cover of the pictorial is just a sales gimmick.
画报的封面上印上美女不过是吸引顾客的一种营销噱头。
例句：
The front cover of the novel has been torn off.
这本小说的封面已被撕掉。
躲避处，避难所，庇护所 [U]
例句：
Charles lit the fuses and they ran for cover.
查尔斯点燃了导火索，他们便赶紧四处躲避。
例句：
The barren wastes of field with no trees and no cover is the only choise for them.
没有树木和其他遮蔽物的荒芜之地是他们仅有的选择。
保险 [U]
例句：
Do you have cover against theft?
你有防盗保险吗？
例句：
Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
确保该公司上了足够的保险。
掩盖，掩饰；隐蔽，遮蔽 [C]
例句：
I don't have any cover to persuade me that I'm not missing him.
我找不到一个能说服我不想念他的借口。
例句：
The spy's cover was blown.
间谍的伪装被揭穿了。
v.
盖，覆盖，遮住，遮盖，掩蔽，盖在…上面，铺在…上面 [I,T]
例句：
It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.
今晚大概会有霜冻，一定要把花草都遮盖好。
例句：
A heavy fall of snow covered the ground.
一场大雪覆盖了大地。
遮掩，掩盖，包庇 [I,T]
例句：
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩饰自己紧张的心情。
例句：
He tried to cover up his mistakes of the past few years.
他试图掩饰过去几年的错误。
适用于，讨论，涉及，包括 [T]
例句：
You can raise your prices so as to cover us with a certain percentage.
你可以提高你们的价格以便包含一定比例的我们的费用。
例句：
The law covers four categories of experiments.
该法规适用于4类试验。
行走 [T]
例句：
I'll cover sector three.
我会经过3区。
例句：
It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
就那么点儿汽油很难开10英里。
采访，报导 [T]
例句：
They cover issues that receive little attention by mainstream media.
他们报导不受主流媒体关注的议题。
例句：
The reporter covered the event.
那名记者采访报导该事件。
足以支付，够付 [T]
例句：
Send it to the address given with £1.50 to cover postage and administration.
将它寄到指定地址，并附上1.50英镑以支付邮资和管理费。
例句：
Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。
给…保险 [T]
例句：
Will insurance cover me for things like that?
这些事情，保险会给我保障吗？
例句：
He will cover the loss with insurance.
他将以保险金抵偿损失。
掩护，防护 [T]
例句：
They said they could not provide adequate air cover for ground operations.
他们声称无法为地面军事行动提供充分的空中掩护。
例句：
You go first. I'll cover you.
你先撤，我掩护你。
代替，顶替 [I]
例句：
Will you cover for John today, Jean?
琼，你今天能顶替约翰吗？
例句：
Her assistant covered for her.
她的助理代理她的职务。
二、词义辨析：
cover,lid
这两个名词都有“盖子，遮盖物”之意。cover泛指所有的遮盖物。包括盖子或书籍、杂志的封面等。lid通常指可以揭开的如箱盖、坛盖、壶盖等盖子。
三、相关短语：
cover for
v. 代替
cover up
掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,包括
air cover
空中掩护，航测成图地区
cloud cover
n.云量
cover charge
n.(饭店等的)服务费
cover crop
覆盖作物，肥田作物，保护作物
cover glass
盖玻璃，显微镜盖玻片，防护玻璃罩，护眼罩，保护玻璃，玻璃盖片
cover plate
盖板，盖片，翼缘板，防护玻璃，活动盖板
dust cover
防尘外壳
ground cover
phr. 地被植物
lens cover
透镜盖
manhole cover
井盖，人孔盖，进入孔盖
四、参考例句：
Cover the jam!
盖上果酱瓶！
What does distribution cover?
经销包括什么内容？
Lies cannot cover up facts.
谎言不能掩盖真实。
This is the cover story.
这是个封面故事。
The insurance cover is optional.
保险范围可以随意选择。
I'll cover sector three.
我会经过3区。
Cover the turkey with gravy.
给火鸡洒上肉汁。
Cover as if with a shroud.
仿佛用覆盖物掩饰着。
He glued the cover to the book.
他用胶水把封面粘在书上。
He laughed to cover his nervousness.
他大笑以掩饰自己紧张的心情。
