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A cove is a small bay along a coast, usually by rocks or cliffs on both sides — a quiet, curved area of water good for swimming or hiding a small boat. In old-fashioned British slang, 'a cove' can also mean a man or fellow, though this use is rare today.
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原始詞典資料26 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Covename詞源 1/kəʊv/
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A small village in Tiverton parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9519).
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A suburb of Farnborough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8556).
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A habitational surname from Old English.
Covename詞源 2
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ball-gamesgameshobbiesThe official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney).
covenoun詞源 1/kəʊv/
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A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
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architectureA concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
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A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight.
- secret coves and noukes
- There are several excellent snorkelling spots in the shallow coves around Chimei, and one-day tours (NT$1100 to NT$1300, including transport and food) can be arranged beforehand by your hotel or home-stay.
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A strip of prairie extending into woodland.
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A recess or sheltered area on the slopes of a mountain.
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nauticaltransportThe wooden roof of the stern gallery of an old sailing warship.
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nauticaltransportA thin line, sometimes gilded, along a yacht's strake below deck level.
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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.
- They were, despite their ignorance, unavoidably prosperous since their farm occupied a wide piece of cove bottom with dirt so black and rich it would raise sweet potatoes as long as your arm[.]
coveverb詞源 1/kəʊv/
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architectureTo arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
- The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
covenoun詞源 2/kəʊv/
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datedMan; fellow.
- Don't call Major Pendennis an old cove, if you'll 'ave the goodness, Lightfoot, and don't call me an old cove, nether. Such words ain't used in society; and we have lived in the fust society, both at 'ome and foring.
- He was lying back in an arm-chair with his mouth open and a sort of goofy expression in his eyes, while a grey-bearded cove in the middle distance watched him with so much dislike that I concluded that Bingo had pinched his favourite seat.
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Friend; mate.
coveverb詞源 3/kəʊv/
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obsoleteOf a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs).
- Moreover, the provident care of the tortoiſe in the generation, nouriſhment and preſervation of [h]er yooung, is vvoonderfull: for out ſhe goeth of the ſea, and laieth her egges or caſteth her ſpavvne upon the banke ſide; but being not able to cove or ſit upon them, nor to remaine herſelfe upon the land out of the ſea any long time, ſhe beſtovveth them in the gravell, and aftervvards covereth them vvith the lighteſt and fineſt ſand ſhe can get: […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。