cover-up

短语
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n. 掩饰, 隐蔽

发音

US

词形变化

cover-ups 复数 cover-ups

别名

coverup

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.

    Truthfulness means no lies and no cover-ups. Compassion means being kind and helpful to others. Forbearance means being able to tolerate and suffer, and not fight back.

    Mona: Oh, of course, a cover-up! You know, the whole town would panic if they knew a misunderstood Frankensteinosaurus was on a bloodthirsty rampage! Your secret's safe, Officer. I don't want to cause an international panic any more than you do.

  2. 2.

    An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

hiding concealing concealment

下位词 3

blue wall blue wall of silence wall of silence

词源

From the verb cover up.

来源：wiktionary