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umbrella/ʌmˈbrelə/n. 1 a light portable device for protection against rain, strong sun, etc., consisting of a usu. circular canopy of cloth mounted by means of a collapsible metal frame on a central stick 伞；雨伞；阳伞 2 protection or patronage 保护伞；支持 3 (often 常作 attrib.) a coordinating or unifying agency 协调或统一机构 umbrella organization 伞形组织 4 a screen of fighter aircraft or a curtain of fire put up as a protection against enemy aircraft (指由战斗机组成的)掩护幕；防空火网 5 Zool. the gelatinous disc of a jellyfish etc., which it contracts and expands to move through the water 【动】(指水母等的)伞膜 □ umbrellaed /-ləd/ adj.□ umbrella-like adj.[Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra: see UMBRA] |