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Blanket Thick Snow ˈblæŋkɪt Layer Blanketed Noun Sth

As a noun, "blanket" refers to a cover for warmth or a layer of something like snow or fog, and can also describe an encompassing emotion. As a verb, it means to cover or overspread, and as an adjective, it signifies something that is comprehensive or affects all without exception.

blanket可以作名词使用,指用于保暖的毯子或覆盖物,也可以表示(如雪、雾等)的覆盖层,或指(不好的)弥漫情感。作动词时,意为覆盖或遮盖。作为形容词,则表示通用的、全面的、无一例外的。

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/blæ̱ŋkɪt/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]毯子;毛毯 A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
    2
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]覆盖层 A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.
      [usu sing]
    • The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow...

      泥巴被积雪盖住了。

    • Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.

      厚厚的一层雾伴着阴冷潮湿的空气迎来了新的一年。

    3
    [N-SING 单数名词](不好的情感、性质等的)弥漫,充斥 You can refer to something such as an unpleasant emotion or an undesirable quality that seems to affect every aspect of a particular situation as a blanket of that emotion or quality.
      [N of n]
      [LITERARY 文]
    • It seems as if the blanket of depression is in some way necessary to help them blot out the even greater pain of real life...

      似乎这种弥漫的抑郁情绪多少能帮助他们忘却一些现实生活中更大的痛苦。

    • A blanket of silence descended.

      大家都沉默不语。

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    [VERB 动词]覆盖;遮盖;盖住 If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it.
      [V n]
    • More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan...

      密歇根州的部分地区被超过一英尺厚的积雪所覆盖。

    • With a thick mist now blanketing the trees, I got thoroughly lost.

      此时浓雾笼罩着林木,我彻底迷路了。

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    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]通用的;全面的;无一例外的 You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions.
      [usu ADJ n]
      [emphasis]
    • There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.

      日本已经全面禁止国外非熟练工入境。

    • ...the blanket coverage of the Barcelona Olympics.

      对巴塞罗那奥运会的全面报道

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    See also:
    electric blanket
    security blanket
    wet blanket

      Oxford blan·ket / ˈblæŋkɪt ; NAmE ˈblæŋkɪt /
      noun
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      adjective
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      verb
      blanket blankets blanketed blanketing
      noun 1 a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm 毯子;毛毯 see also
      electric blanket
      2 [usually singular ] blanketof sth a thick layer or covering of sth 厚层;厚的覆盖层 a blanket of fog/snow/cloud 厚厚的一层雾╱雪╱云 ( figurative) The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy. 审讯在高度保密下进行。 see also
      wet blanket
      adjective [only before noun ] including or affecting all possible cases, situations or people 包括所有情形(或人员)的;总括的;综合的 a blanket banon tobacco advertising 烟草广告的全面取缔 a blanket refusal 完全拒绝 verb [often passive ] blanketsth ( formal) to cover sth completely with a thick layer 以厚层覆盖 Snow soon blanketed the frozen ground. 冻土上很快就形成了一层厚厚的积雪。 blan·ket / ˈblæŋkɪt ; NAmE ˈblæŋkɪt /
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      blanket1 noun
      blanket2 verb
      blanket3 adjective
      blanketblan‧ket1 /ˈblæŋkɪt/ ●●○ noun
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      1[countable] a cover for a bed, usually made of woolduvet2[singular] a thick covering or area of somethingblanket of The hills were covered with a blanket of snow.blanket of fog/cloud3[singular] something that makes it hard for you to find information or the truth about something SYN  cloakblanket of The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy. electric blanket
      at electric(1)
      , wet blanket
      , security blanket
      blanket1 noun
      blanket2 verb
      blanket3 adjective
      blanketblanket2 verb [transitive]
      Verb Table
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      to cover something with a thick layerbe blanketed in/with something The rooftops were blanketed in snow.GRAMMAR Blanket is usually passive.
      blanket1 noun
      blanket2 verb
      blanket3 adjective
      blanketblanket3 adjective [only before noun]
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      blanket statement/rule/ban etc a statement, rule etc that affects everyone or includes all possible cases:  the proposed blanket ban on tobacco advertising a blanket strategy
      WDF

      blanket

      [ˈblæŋkɪt]blanketed, blanketing, blankets

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      blankets[3884]
      毛毯(66%),覆盖(16%),扑灭(6%),挡风(3%),使包含(2%),包含所有的(2%),用毯子裹(2%),覆盖物(1%),排字版(1%),适用于所有情形的(1%)
      n.毛毯,毯子;毯状物,覆盖层
      adj.总括的,全体的;没有限制的
      vt.覆盖,掩盖;用毯覆盖

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