blan·ket
noun/ˈblæŋkɪt/
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
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毯子;毛毯 - It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?
今晚很冷,能给我再一条毯子吗? - The baby was wrapped in a blanket.
婴儿被裹在毯子里。
Extra Examples- She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.
她拉上毛毯进入了梦乡。 - They shivered under their thin blankets.
他们在薄薄的毛毯下瑟瑟发抖。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- thick
- thin
- …
- cover somebody with
- drape over somebody/something
- tuck around somebody
- …
- beneath a/the blanket
- under a/the blanket
- a wet blanket
- It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?
厚层;厚的覆盖层 - a blanket of fog/snow/cloud
厚厚的一层雾/雪/云 - (figurative) The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy.
审讯在高度保密下进行。
Extra Examplessee also pigs in blankets, wet blanketTopics Weatherc1- The sun was breaking through the blanket of mist.
太阳正冲破薄雾。 - The walls were covered in blankets of ivy.
墙壁上覆盖着常春藤毯子。
- a blanket of fog/snow/cloud
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.