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- a large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth床毯, 毛毯, 毯子。
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- figurative a thick mass or layer of a specified material that covers something completely〈喻〉覆盖物, 覆盖层：
a dense grey blanket of cloud.
密集的灰色云层。
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- Printing a rubber surface used for transferring the image in ink from the plate to the paper in offset printing【印刷】（平版印刷的）橡皮布。
attrib.
- covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive一揽子的; 总括的, 全面的; 综合的：
blanket ban on tobacco advertising.
全面禁止香烟广告。
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blanketed, blanketing
with obj. cover completely with a thick layer of something覆盖, 笼罩; 布满：the countryside was blanketed in snow.
乡村到处覆盖着白雪。
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- stifle or keep quiet (sound)消除（声音）, 使（声音）模糊不清：
the double glazing blankets the noise a bit.
双层玻璃能稍许隔音。
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- Sailing take wind from the sails of (another craft) by passing to windward【航海】迎风航行抢（他船）的上风。
短语
born on the wrong side of the blanket
- dated illegitimate〈旧〉私生的, 非婚生的。
词源
Middle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth)： via Old Northern French from Old French blanc 'white', ultimately of Germanic origin.