in a/the cove
名词用法:cove 指小海湾或山凹,常与介词 in 搭配。
The fishermen sheltered their boat in a small cove.
渔民们把船停在一个小海湾里避风。
凹形穹顶或拱道,尤指天花板的拱形部分;小海湾;小湾;小型海岸入口,尤指有高崖遮蔽船只免受盛行风影响的;小海湾;悬崖或山侧的小洞穴;窄洞;旧式帆船艉楼木制顶棚
凹形穹顶或拱道,尤指天花板的拱形部分
A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
小海湾;小湾
a small inlet
小型海岸入口,尤指有高崖遮蔽船只免受盛行风影响的;小海湾
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
悬崖或山侧的小洞穴;窄洞
small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
旧式帆船艉楼木制顶棚
The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
游艇甲板下舷侧的一条细线,有时镀金
A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
We found a quiet cove where we could swim without crowds.
我们找到了一个安静的小湾,可以在那里游泳而不受人群打扰。
用法提示:cove 在这里是名词,意为小湾、小海湾。
The fishermen anchored their boat in a sheltered cove before the storm.
暴风雨来临前,渔民们把船停靠在一个避风的小湾里。
用法提示:cove 作名词,指隐蔽的小海湾。
From the cliff, we could see a small cove with white sand and clear water.
从悬崖上,我们可以看到一个有白色沙滩和清澈海水的小湾。
用法提示:cove 为名词,表示小而隐蔽的海湾。
名词用法:cove 指小海湾或山凹,常与介词 in 搭配。
The fishermen sheltered their boat in a small cove.
渔民们把船停在一个小海湾里避风。
动词用法:cove 作及物动词,表示使成内凹或拱形。
The carpenter coved the ceiling to create a soft curve.
木匠把天花板做成凹弧形,以形成柔和的曲线。
bay范围更大、更开阔;cove通常小而隐蔽。
inlet侧重狭长深入陆地,cove则更圆润、遮蔽性好。
creek在美式英语中也指溪流,表海湾时强调潮汐水道,不一定有cove的遮蔽感。
bight弯曲平缓且开阔,cove小而陡峭,两词强调整体形状不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子The boat sailed into a hidden cave to escape the storm.
正确表达The boat sailed into a hidden cove to escape the storm.
cove 指海边的小湾(inlet),不是洞穴;表示山洞或岩洞要用 cave。船躲风浪应进入小海湾,因此把 cave 改为 cove。
grammar · medium
易错句子We anchored in cove and went swimming.
正确表达We anchored in a cove and went swimming.
cove 是可数名词,单数形式前不能没有限定词。第一次提到某一个海湾时,用 a cove;in cove 缺少冠词,不符合英语名词短语的规则。
grammar · medium
易错句子The farm is in a peaceful cove among the mountains.
正确表达The farm is in a peaceful valley among the mountains.
cove 的核心义是“小海湾”(海边凹入处),不是“山谷”;描述山区里的低洼地要用 valley。中文旧译“山凹”不能直接搬用到英语句子。
义项为名词“小湾”(海岸向内凹进的小海湾);headland(岬角)表示向外突出的陆地,与 cove 的凹入形态相对,二者不可互换。
避风的小湾
The boat anchored in a sheltered cove.
船停泊在一个避风的小湾里。
僻静的小湾
We spent the afternoon in a secluded cove.
我们在一个僻静的小湾里度过了一个下午。
岩石小湾
Crabs hide in the rocky cove.
螃蟹躲在岩石小湾里。
沙质小湾
The sandy cove is a popular swimming spot.
这个沙质小湾是个受欢迎的游泳去处。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.