covert 音标拼音: [k'ovɚt]
a . 隐蔽的,偷偷摸摸的,隐密的
n . 树丛,隐藏处
隐蔽的,偷偷摸摸的,隐密的树丛,隐藏处
covert adj 1 :
secret or hidden ;
not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed ; "
covert actions by the CIA "; "
covert funding for the rebels " [
ant : {
open }, {
overt }]
2 : (
of a wife )
being under the protection of her husband ; "
a woman covert "
n 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 " [
synonym : {
screen }, {
cover }, {
covert }, {
concealment }]
Covert \
Cov "
ert \,
n . [
OF .
See {
Covert },
a .]
1 .
A place that covers and protects ;
a shelter ;
a defense .
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A tabernacle . . .
for a covert from storm . --
Is .
iv .
6 .
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The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside . --
Prescott .
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2 . [
Cf .
F .
couverte .] (
Zool .)
One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird .
See Illust .
of {
Bird }.
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Covert \
Cov "
ert \ (
k ?
v "?
rt ),
a . [
OF .
covert ,
F .
couvert ,
p .
p .
of couvrir .
See {
Cover },
v .
t .]
1 .
Covered over ;
private ;
hid ;
secret ;
disguised .
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How covert matters may be best disclosed . --
Shak .
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Whether of open war or covert guile . --
Milton [
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2 .
Sheltered ;
not open or exposed ;
retired ;
protected ;
as ,
a covert nook . --
Wordsworth .
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Of either side the green ,
to plant a covert alley .
--
Bacon .
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3 . (
Law )
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 .
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{
Covert way }, (
Fort .)
See {
Covered way },
under {
Covered }.
Syn :
Hidden ;
secret ;
private ;
covered ;
disguised ;
insidious ;
concealed .
See {
Hidden }.
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224 Moby Thesaurus words for "
covert ":
abri ,
abstruse ,
air -
raid shelter ,
armored ,
asylum ,
back -
door ,
backstairs ,
beclouded ,
between the lines ,
blanket ,
blind ,
bolt -
hole ,
bomb shelter ,
bombproof ,
boscage ,
bosket ,
brake ,
bunker ,
buried ,
burrow ,
by stealth ,
cache ,
camouflaged ,
canebrake ,
cased ,
cave ,
ceiled ,
ceja ,
chamisal ,
chaparral ,
clandestine ,
cloak ,
cloaked ,
close ,
clouded ,
coat ,
coated ,
concealed ,
concealment ,
coped ,
coppice ,
copse ,
copsewood ,
corner ,
couch ,
cover ,
coverage ,
covered ,
covering ,
covertly ,
coverture ,
cowl ,
cowled ,
cowling ,
cranny ,
cryptic ,
cubby ,
cubbyhole ,
curtain ,
curtained ,
cyclone cellar ,
dark corner ,
delitescent ,
den ,
disguised ,
dormant ,
drape ,
drapery ,
dugout ,
earth ,
eclipsed ,
encapsulated ,
encapsuled ,
encased ,
enveloped ,
enwrapped ,
esoteric ,
fallout shelter ,
feather ,
feathers ,
feline ,
filmed ,
floored ,
form ,
foxhole ,
frith ,
funk hole ,
furtive ,
furtively ,
guarded ,
guise ,
hackle ,
hanging ,
harbor ,
harborage ,
haven ,
hibernating ,
hid ,
hidden ,
hideaway ,
hideout ,
hidey hole ,
hiding ,
hiding place ,
hidlings ,
hole ,
hole -
and -
corner ,
hood ,
hooded ,
housed ,
housing ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hush -
hush ,
in a cloud ,
in a fog ,
in camera ,
in eclipse ,
in purdah ,
in the wings ,
incommunicado ,
lair ,
latent ,
lodge ,
loricate ,
loricated ,
lurking ,
mail ,
mantle ,
mantled ,
mask ,
masked ,
mew ,
motte ,
muffled ,
mysterious ,
mystic ,
niche ,
nook ,
obfuscated ,
obscure ,
obscured ,
occult ,
occulted ,
packaged ,
pall ,
paved ,
plumage ,
port ,
possible ,
potential ,
privately ,
privy ,
quiet ,
recess ,
recondite ,
refuge ,
retreat ,
roofed -
in ,
run ,
safety zone ,
sanctuary ,
screen ,
screened ,
scummed ,
secluded ,
secluse ,
secret ,
secret place ,
sequestered ,
sheathed ,
shelled ,
shelter ,
shield ,
shielded ,
shifty ,
shroud ,
shrouded ,
skulking ,
sleeping ,
slinking ,
slinky ,
sly ,
sneaking ,
sneaky ,
speculum ,
stash ,
stealthily ,
stealthy ,
storm cave ,
storm cellar ,
sub rosa ,
submerged ,
surreptitious ,
surreptitiously ,
swathed ,
tented ,
thicket ,
thickset ,
trench ,
tunnel ,
under an eclipse ,
under cover ,
under house arrest ,
under the surface ,
under wraps ,
under -
the -
counter ,
under -
the -
table ,
undercover ,
undercovert ,
underground ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
underlying ,
unknown ,
unmanifested ,
unobtrusive ,
veil ,
veiled ,
vestment ,
virtual ,
walled ,
walled -
in ,
wrapped ,
wrapped in clouds
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