Word · Frequency #11398
covert
藏身处；矮树丛；隐蔽处
a place where animals hide, especially an area of thick undergrowth
- 1.
A covering.
覆盖物
- 2.
a flock of coots
一群骨顶鸡
- 3.
A disguise.
伪装
- 4.
a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
用于隐藏或保护某物的覆盖物
- 5.
A hiding place.
藏身之处
- 6.
Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
动物藏身的浓密灌木区
- 7.
A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
覆盖飞羽基部的羽毛
覆盖物；遮蔽物；覆羽；伪装；伪装物；骨顶鸡群；覆盖物
In use
The deer escaped into a thick covert of bushes.
Hunters often wait near a covert to spot game.
The bird built its nest inside a quiet covert.
the brush provided a covert for game
Connections
Collocations
- a covert of coots
- 一群白骨顶
- A covert of coots rose from the reeds.一群白骨顶从芦苇丛中飞起。
- wing coverts
- 翼覆羽
- The owl's wing coverts are speckled in gray and brown.猫头鹰的翼覆羽上有灰褐色斑点。
- beat the covert
- 搜索树丛以逐出猎物
- The keepers beat the covert for partridges.猎场看守人搜索树丛以逐出鹧鸪。
- lie in covert
- 潜伏在隐蔽处
- The deer lay in covert all day.鹿整天潜伏在隐蔽处。
Synonyms
- thicket
- 灌木丛；树丛 · 侧重具体的植物丛，covert更强调动物藏身处；作名词时不如covert常用。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
covert 就是 cover（覆盖/掩护）加 t，联想：动物藏进矮树丛，羽毛被 cover 住，t 像小树。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：hunting and wildlife、nature writing、wildlife observation 作为名词时，covert 通常指动物藏身的矮树丛或隐蔽处，多用于狩猎、野外观察或文学性描写中，语气较正式，日常生活中较少单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 covert /ˈkoʊvɚt/ 完全押韵的常用词。overt 和 convert 拼写接近但重音与元音不同（/oʊˈvɝːt/、/kənˈvɝːt/）；cover、hover 的元音为 /ʌ/；clover、rover 在重读元音 /oʊ/ 和 /vɚ/ 部分相似，但缺少词尾 /t/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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