Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3938
blanket
毯子；毛毯
A large piece of fabric, often wool, used to cover a person or bed for warmth.
- 1.
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
厚而松散的织物,通常大而羊毛质,用于睡眠或休息时保暖。
- 2.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
床上保暖的寝具
- 3.
A covering layer of anything.
覆盖层,任何事物的覆盖层。
- 4.
anything that covers
覆盖物
- 5.
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
胶印中用于将油墨从印版转移到纸张的厚橡胶垫。
- 6.
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
核反应堆中高活性堆芯周围的铅层
- 7.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
鲸鱼体内的油脂层或条纹。
覆盖层；覆盖物；（印刷机的）橡皮布；（核反应堆堆芯周围的）铅层；鲸脂层；鲸脂条纹；厚而松散的织物,通常大而羊毛质,用于睡眠或休息时保暖。
In use
She pulled the blanket up to her chin and fell asleep.
A thick blanket of snow covered the entire garden.
The old man wrapped a blanket around his shoulders to keep warm.
there was a blanket of snow
cover someone/something with a blanket
用毯子覆盖某人或某物
She covered the baby with a blanket.
她用毛毯盖住了婴儿。
wrap someone/something in a blanket
He wrapped himself in a blanket.
他用毯子把自己裹起来。
lie under a blanket
表示位置
Connections
Collocations
- blanket of snow
- 一层雪，白雪覆盖
- A thick blanket of snow covered the ground.一层厚厚的雪覆盖了地面。
- electric blanket
- 电热毯
- I use an electric blanket to stay warm in winter.冬天我用一条电热毯保暖。
- throw a blanket
- 扔一条毯子，铺上毯子
- She threw a blanket over the sleeping child.她往熟睡的孩子身上盖了一条毯子。
- security blanket
- 安全毯，带来安全感的事物
- His old teddy bear is his security blanket.他的旧泰迪熊是他的安全毯。
- blanket policy
- 总括性政策，一刀切政策
- The company has a blanket policy against smoking.公司有一条全面禁止吸烟的政策。
- wet blanket
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一张空白（blank）的床，需要用毯子（blanket）盖住它。
Context & Register
日常（床上用品）、比喻（覆盖物）、核工程（专业术语），语域中性偏正式
Pronunciation & Spelling
No words perfectly rhyme with 'blanket' due to the /ŋ/ sound. Words ending in '-cket' share a similar spelling but differ in vowel: bracket, jacket, packet have /æ/; ticket has /ɪ/; rocket has /ɑ/ (US) or /ɒ/ (UK). Use only for visual spelling comparison.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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