cover up

英 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

美 [ˈkʌvər ʌp]

（用…）盖在…上（以保护或隐藏）; 隐藏，遮掩（事实）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (用…)盖在…上(以保护或隐藏)
  If youcoversomething or someoneup, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  1. He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
     他在起居室睡着了，我便给他盖上了羽绒被。
• See also:He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime...They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up...How do we know you're not just covering up for your friend?cover-up

英英释义

verb

• hide from view or knowledge
  1. The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House
  Synonym:cover

双语例句

• He told a lie to cover up his real intention.
  他撒了一个谎以掩盖其真正意图。
• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so.
  但是多么可惜你掩盖了你所有的魅力。
• So they used fig leaves for their weaving a skirt Son, to cover up the lower body.
  于是他们用无花果的叶子为自己编织了裙子，来掩饰下体。
• We shall have frost tonight, don't forget to cover up the cabbages with the mat.
  今天夜里有霜冻，别忘了用席子把白菜苫好。
• How do we know you're not just covering up for your friend?
  我们怎么知道你不只是在为自己的朋友遮掩呢？
• He had enough friends in the right places to save his neck and cover up for him
  他有很多朋友能保全他，帮他打掩护。
• Lies cannot cover up [ conceal] the facts.
  谎言掩盖不了事实。
• They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up
  他们知道自己犯了十分严重的错误，于是撒谎隐瞒。
• Quick! cover up the wheat. it's going to rain.
  要下雨了，快把麦子苫上。