cove

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n. 山凹, 小湾 v. (使)内凹, (使)成拱形

发音

US /koʊv/
AU
UK /kəʊv/

词形变化

coves 复数 coves 三单 coving 现在分词 coved 过去式 coved 过去分词

别名

couve

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.

  2. 2.

    A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.

    建筑
  3. 3.

    A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.

    小海湾

  4. 4.

    A strip of prairie extending into woodland.

    美国
  5. 5.

    A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.

  6. 6.

    The wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.

    航海 交通
  7. 7.

    A thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.

    航海 交通
  8. 8.

    A valley between two ridges, especially one that, opening to the south and east, is protected by ridges on the north and west from common winter storm tracks.

  9. 1.

    A fellow; a man.

    小伙子

    过时 非正式
  10. 2.

    A friend; a mate.

    澳大利亚
v.
  1. 1.

    To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

    建筑
  2. 1.

    Of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).

    及物/不及物 废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

cave recess inlet

下位词 1

lough

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English cove, from Old English cofa (“chamber; den”), from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic *kubô. Cognate with Dutch koof (“cove”), German Low German Koov (“small room”), German Koben (“nook, shed”), Icelandic kofi (“hut, shack”). This word has probably survived as long as it has due to its coincidental phonetic resemblance to the unrelated word English cave. Also unrelated to Spanish cueva, which itself is a cognate of cave.

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