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  1. 1

    To uncover something is to remove what was covering it — take the lid off a pot, or pull back a blanket. It's also used a lot for finding out a secret or a truth that someone was hiding: reporters uncover a scandal, and scientists uncover new facts.

    揭開；(比喻)揭露、發現

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    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成un- (the opposite action) + cover (to put something over something else).

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  • coverthe root word — uncover is simply the opposite action
  • discoverdis- (an 'undoing' sense) + cover — to discover something originally meant to uncover it, remove what was hiding it

原始詞典資料6 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。

uncoververb/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/

  • 1

    To remove a cover from.

    • The model railway was uncovered.
  • 2

    To reveal the identity of.

    • The murderer has finally been uncovered.
  • 3

    To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

    • To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
    • But Levinson said in an interview that the stalemate uncovers a flaw in the US system.
  • 4

    To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.

    • Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.
    • The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway.
  • 5

    To expose the genitalia.

    • The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.
  • 6

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.

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。