| 词汇 | blanket |
| 释义 | blanketWord family nounblanketingblanketweedblanket House blan·ket1 /ˈblæŋkɪt/ ●●○ noun 1. DHH[countableC] a cover for a bed, usually made of wool 毯子，毛毯 → duvet 2 [singular]COVER a thick covering or area of something 厚（的覆盖）层 blanket of The hills were covered with a blanket of snow. 群山覆盖着厚厚的白雪。 blanket of fog/cloud 厚厚的一层雾/云 3 [singular] something that makes it hard for you to find information or the truth about something 〔使信息或真相难以被发现的〕蒙蔽之物 SYN cloak → electric blanket at electric(1), wet blanket, security blanketblanket of The trial was held under a blanket of secrecy. 审讯过程高度保密。 Examples from the Corpus blanket• Too many trucks have been stolen; clothes, blankets, medicines looted.• They spent their long winters under a deep blanket of snow, singing and creating ghost stories.• And we've no hot water bottles or extra blankets on board.• It was a deep narrow trail in the grey blanket.• He walked over and pulled the blanket off the body. blanket of• The valley was covered with a blanket of mist. blanket2 verb [transitiveT] COVERto cover something with a thick layer 覆盖；笼罩 be blanketed in/with something The rooftops were blanketed in snow. 屋顶上覆盖着白雪。 n Grammar Blanket is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus blanket• Later, looking back, I wondered if for a brief hour my malady had blanketed me from consciousness of the present.• They depend on people clicking on the advertising banners that now blanket most commercial sites.• When the train stopped the air blanketed my shoulders.• Billows of gray smoke blanketed the area.• At first it came down almost lazily, in huge, silent flakes which soon blanketed the frozen ground.• Outside the fog blanketed the tiny attic, a thick, grey blanket of splintered frost. be blanketed in/with something• Moreover, Earth-based photometric studies have indicated that most of the lunar near side must be blanketed in such dust. blanket3 adjectiveadj [only before noun] blanket statement/rule/ban etc EVERYONEALL/EVERYTHINGa statement, rule etc that affects everyone or includes all possible cases 全面[适用于所有人或所有情况]的陈述/规定/禁令等 the proposed blanket ban on tobacco advertising 全面禁止烟草广告的提议 a blanket strategy 全方位的策略 Examples from the Corpus blanket statement/rule/ban etc• Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.• The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.• The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.• The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.• One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.• They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.• His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.• The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches. Examples from the Corpus blanket• A blanket requirement was announced by education officials -- all schools had to cut their budgets by 25%.• Dementia is a blanket term for various types of psychiatric disorder. From Longman Business Dictionary blanketblan·ket /ˈblæŋkɪt/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun] affecting or including everything or everyone The authorities have introduced a blanket ban on tobacco advertising in all public places. The agency is offering a blanket settlement to all groups. (1300-1400) blanket “white cloth” ((13-15 centuries)), from Old French blankete, from blanc; → BLANCH |
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