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blanket/ˈblæŋkit/ n., adj. & v.●n. 1 a large piece of woollen or other material used esp. as a bed-covering or to wrap up a person or an animal for warmth (尤用作罩床或裹孩子用的)毯子，羊毛毯 2 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) a thick mass or layer that covers something 一层覆盖层；似毯子的东西 blanket of fog 一层雾； blanket of silence 一片寂静 3 Printing a rubber surface transferring an impression from a plate to paper etc. in offset printing 【印刷】(胶印机滚筒上将图形从板上转移到纸等上的)橡皮布 ●attrib. adj. covering all cases or classes; inclusive 总括的，通用的，一揽子的 blanket condemnation 全面谴责； blanket agreement 一揽子协议 ●v. tr. (blanketed, blanketing) 1 cover with or as if with a blanket (用毯子或似用毯子)盖，覆盖 snow blanketed the land 白雪覆盖了大地 2 stifle; keep quiet 平息，抑制，使安静 blanketed all discussion 平息争论 3 Naut. take wind from the sails of (another craft) by passing to windward 【海】抢(另一条船的)上风 □ born on the wrong side of the blanket illegitimate 私生的 [Middle English, in the sense ‘undyed woollen cloth’, from Old French blancquet, blanchet, from blanc ‘white, BLANK’] |