源自中古英語 covert,源自古法語 covert,covrir (“盖”)(对应于拉丁語 coopertus)的过去分词,与cover同源。
- 形容词:
- (英國) 國際音標(幫助):/ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkəʊvəːt/
- (美國) 國際音標(幫助):/ˈkoʊvəɹt/, /koʊˈvɜɹt/, /ˈkʌvəɹt/
- 名词:
- (英國) 國際音標(幫助):/ˈkʌvət/, /ˈkəʊvəːt/, /ˈkʌvə/
- (美國) 國際音標(幫助):/ˈkʌvəɹt/, /ˈkoʊvəɹt/, /ˈkʌvəɹ/
covert (比較級 more covert,最高級 most covert)
- (現罕用) 隐藏的,被遮盖的
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:
- Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]
- Template:RQ:Bacon Of Gardens
- to plant a covert alley
- (比喻義) 秘密的,暗中的
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar
2013年7月26日, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, 出自 The Guardian Weekly, 卷 189, 期 7,頁號 26:The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. […] who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (法律,歷史) 有丈夫的,受丈夫保护的
- 近義詞: covert baron
- 1880, Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, page 292:
- […] a separate use for a woman cannot be created unless she is covert, or unless in immediate contemplation of her marriage.
- 1890, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, Law Notes, page 77:
- […] in the second case, as long as the woman is covert she cannot anticipate the income, and a mere alienation of her interest is not an attempt to anticipate.
- 1906, Abraham Clark Freeman, The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], page 305:
- Being advised of the fact that the woman is covert, he stands charged with a knowledge of her disability . A married woman has no power to deal as principal if she is in fact a surety […]
- 参见Thesaurus:covert
- feme covert
covert (複數 coverts)
- 遮盖物
- 伪装
- 藏身处
- (动物躲藏的)茂密草木
- (鳥類學) 覆羽