uncover

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈkʌvə(ɹ)/    美 /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove a cover from.
    — The model railway was uncovered.
  2. To reveal the identity of.
    — The murderer has finally been uncovered.
  3. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
    — To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
  4. To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect. intransitive,reflexive
    — Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.
  5. To expose the genitalia. intransitive,reflexive
    — The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.
  6. To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front. transitive

词形变化

uncovers present,singular,third-person uncovering participle,present uncovered participle,past uncovered past

词汇关系

近义词
uncloak uncoif unhat
反义词
cover up

词源

From Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- + cover.
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