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Definition of covert in English: covertadjective ˈkʌvətˈkəʊvəːt Not openly acknowledged or displayed. 隐蔽的；秘密的；隐藏的 covert operations against the dictatorship 反对独裁政府的秘密行动。 Example sentencesExamples - The boat was sunk by a covert operations team to discourage other illegal aliens from making the trip.
- It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.
- It's all about covert operations and leaving as little evidence and traces as possible.
- Police have been monitoring the site and using covert surveillance to trap the troublemakers.
- Police are replacing the battering ram with the more covert ways of catching the dealers.
- Critics of the war have called for more covert action as an alternative to bombing.
- It is people like you that the secret services choose for their most dangerous covert operations.
- Clearly, this bill provides the victims of covert filming with an effective response.
- This seems to have been the thinking behind the reported covert operation to eliminate the leader in the mid-1990s.
- Because the system is wholly passive, it's well suited to covert surveillance.
- But a covert Russian secret police agent discovers them and the chase is on.
- It is quite appropriate that the bill states what it does to govern the use of covert devices by the authorities.
- - US Federal Law prohibits the unauthorised disclosure of a covert agent's name.
- Many of our mechanisms to develop and deliver rights protection contain covert begging processes.
- First, environmental justifications for trade restrictions are sometimes little more than covert protectionism.
- You proceed with the covert actions, which I think are probably under way.
- During this period a few Swedish divers had carried out covert night dives on the wrecks.
- Similarly, the law cannot be used to address the growing problem of covert filming.
- Besides relying on information from residents, they also carry out covert and overt patrols.
- As a covert operative she made trips abroad to exploit her expertise in unconventional weapons.
Synonyms secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner, closet, behind-the-scenes, backstairs, back-alley, under-the-table, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private sly, sneaky, underhand undercover, underground Military black informal hush-hush
noun ˈkʌvətˈkʌvə 1A thicket in which game can hide. （猎物藏身的）丛林 Example sentencesExamples - Mounted hunters and foot followers, accompanied by novice hounds and men wielding whips and spades, surround fox coverts at dawn.
- I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.
- He whirred from his seat like a surprised partridge beaten from a covert.
- He can capably hunt bobwhite quail and pheasants in the brushy coverts.
- In the early nineteenth-century the area was described as a ‘first-rate covert for game and a favourable resort of sportsmen.’
- He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
- The only man to poach another's foxes was one whose own coverts were bare, never a poor man looking for his dinner.
- Knowing he was in there we called up the beaters and they went through the covert from end to end.
- Landowners who did not hunt were still expected to plant and maintain gorse coverts.
- So hunts moved into direct land management, buying and planting small pieces of rough scrub as coverts.
Synonyms undergrowth, vegetation, shrubbery, greenery, ground cover, underwood, copsewood, brushwood, brush, scrub, underscrub 2Ornithology
A feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird. 〔鸟〕覆羽 Example sentencesExamples - The bird was black above with a white eyebrow and limited white on the wing coverts.
- The name of these birds comes from the vivid red coloring of the wing coverts.
- Its belly and underwing coverts were dark, but his tail was red.
- Males are mostly green with red sides to the body and red underwing coverts, with some blue in the wings and tail.
- The flight feathers are black, and the upper tail coverts and rump area are cobalt blue.
- Females also have red wing coverts but to a lesser extent.
3rare A flock of coots. it is a good omen when a covert of coots have taken to any particular locality Example sentencesExamples - When we reached this place the smew had joined a covert of coots.
- Large coverts of coots frequent the open waters.
- A covert of coots floats among the posts.
Derivativesnoun ‘This is kind of weird meeting like this,’ I said as I looked around the room referring to the covertness. Example sentencesExamples - A second dimension relates to degrees of overtness or covertness during the observation process.
- At one time, journalistic ethics did not admit of such covertness.
- At the edge of the ridge, our covertness and concealment did not last long.
- It will be an action which would use our strengths, which are intelligence, covertness, the ability to strike quickly and surgically.
OriginMiddle English (in the general senses 'covered' and 'a cover'): from Old French, 'covered', past participle of covrir (see cover). Definition of covert in US English: covertadjective Not openly acknowledged or displayed. 隐蔽的；秘密的；隐藏的 covert operations against the dictatorship 反对独裁政府的秘密行动。 Example sentencesExamples - It is quite appropriate that the bill states what it does to govern the use of covert devices by the authorities.
- - US Federal Law prohibits the unauthorised disclosure of a covert agent's name.
- You proceed with the covert actions, which I think are probably under way.
- The boat was sunk by a covert operations team to discourage other illegal aliens from making the trip.
- Clearly, this bill provides the victims of covert filming with an effective response.
- First, environmental justifications for trade restrictions are sometimes little more than covert protectionism.
- Because the system is wholly passive, it's well suited to covert surveillance.
- This seems to have been the thinking behind the reported covert operation to eliminate the leader in the mid-1990s.
- During this period a few Swedish divers had carried out covert night dives on the wrecks.
- Police have been monitoring the site and using covert surveillance to trap the troublemakers.
- But a covert Russian secret police agent discovers them and the chase is on.
- Police are replacing the battering ram with the more covert ways of catching the dealers.
- As a covert operative she made trips abroad to exploit her expertise in unconventional weapons.
- Critics of the war have called for more covert action as an alternative to bombing.
- Similarly, the law cannot be used to address the growing problem of covert filming.
- It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.
- Besides relying on information from residents, they also carry out covert and overt patrols.
- It's all about covert operations and leaving as little evidence and traces as possible.
- It is people like you that the secret services choose for their most dangerous covert operations.
- Many of our mechanisms to develop and deliver rights protection contain covert begging processes.
Synonyms secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, stealthy, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hole-in-the-corner, closet, behind-the-scenes, backstairs, back-alley, under-the-table, hugger-mugger, concealed, hidden, private
noun 1A thicket in which game can hide. （猎物藏身的）丛林 Example sentencesExamples - The only man to poach another's foxes was one whose own coverts were bare, never a poor man looking for his dinner.
- He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
- Mounted hunters and foot followers, accompanied by novice hounds and men wielding whips and spades, surround fox coverts at dawn.
- In the early nineteenth-century the area was described as a ‘first-rate covert for game and a favourable resort of sportsmen.’
- So hunts moved into direct land management, buying and planting small pieces of rough scrub as coverts.
- Landowners who did not hunt were still expected to plant and maintain gorse coverts.
- Knowing he was in there we called up the beaters and they went through the covert from end to end.
- He can capably hunt bobwhite quail and pheasants in the brushy coverts.
- I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.
- He whirred from his seat like a surprised partridge beaten from a covert.
Synonyms undergrowth, vegetation, shrubbery, greenery, ground cover, underwood, copsewood, brushwood, brush, scrub, underscrub 2Ornithology
Any of the feathers covering the bases of the main flight or tail feathers of a bird. 〔鸟〕覆羽 Example sentencesExamples - The bird was black above with a white eyebrow and limited white on the wing coverts.
- The flight feathers are black, and the upper tail coverts and rump area are cobalt blue.
- Females also have red wing coverts but to a lesser extent.
- The name of these birds comes from the vivid red coloring of the wing coverts.
- Males are mostly green with red sides to the body and red underwing coverts, with some blue in the wings and tail.
- Its belly and underwing coverts were dark, but his tail was red.
OriginMiddle English (in the general senses ‘covered’ and ‘a cover’): from Old French, ‘covered’, past participle of covrir (see cover). |