1. 秘密的;隱藏的;暗中的 Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
e.g. They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels... 他們一直在暗地里向叛亂者提供軍事支援。 e.g. The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me. 我所從事的職業(yè)中暗藏著(zhù)如此深的種族主義偏見(jiàn),這讓我感到害怕。
covertly They covertly observed Lauren, who was sitting between Ned and Algie at a nearby table. 他們偷偷地觀(guān)察旁邊一張桌子上坐在內德和阿爾吉中間的勞倫。
2. (小動(dòng)物或獵禽可藏身的)矮樹(shù)叢,灌木叢 A covert is a group of small trees or bushes very close to each other where small animals or game birds can hide.
covert英英釋義
noun
1. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
e.g. a screen of trees afforded privacy under cover of darkness the brush provided a covert for game the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
Synonym: screencoverconcealment
2. a flock of coots
covert什么意思
adj
1. secret or hidden not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
e.g. covert actions by the CIA covert funding for the rebels
2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband