1 N-COUNT 毯子;毛毯 A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm. 毯子;毛毯
2 N-COUNT [usually singular] 覆盖层 A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it. 覆盖层
SYN covering, cover, bed, sheet
3 N-SING [NOUN of n] (不好的情感、性质等的)弥漫,充斥 You can refer to something such as an unpleasant emotion or an undesirable quality that seems to affect every aspect of a particular situation as a blanket of that emotion or quality. (不好的情感、性质等的)弥漫,充斥 [literary]
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It seems as if the blanket of depression is in some way necessary to help them blot out the even greater pain of real life.
似乎这种弥漫的抑郁情绪多少能帮助他们忘却一些现实生活中更大的痛苦。
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A blanket of silence descended.
大家都沉默不语。
SYN cover, rug, coverlet, afghan
4 VERB 覆盖;遮盖;盖住 If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it. 覆盖;遮盖;盖住
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More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan. [VERB noun]
密歇根州的部分地区被超过一英尺厚的积雪所覆盖。
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With a thick mist now blanketing the trees, I got thoroughly lost. [VERB noun]
此时浓雾笼罩着林木,我彻底迷路了。
SYN coat, cover, hide, surround
5 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 通用的;全面的;无一例外的 You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions. 通用的;全面的;无一例外的 [emphasis]
SYN comprehensive, full, complete, wide
6 See also: electric blanket security blanket wet blanket
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