covert meaning in English
adj.
隐蔽的,偷偷摸摸的,隐密的;【法律】有丈夫(保护)的。 a feme covert【法律】有夫之妇。 covert cloth 细纹薄呢。
n.
掩蔽物;隐伏处〔树丛等〕;〔pl.〕【动物;动物学】覆羽。 break covert = break cover. draw a covert= draw a cover.
adv.
-ly
Examples
- I now began to imitate his covert looks .
我开始模仿他那捉摸不定的神色。 - They loosed the covert fear that croft would be watching them .
他们一下也顾不得是不是会引起克洛夫特的注意了。 - The bombing of cambodia or covert operations in chile were thrown into the cauldron .
轰炸柬埔寨和在智利的秘密行动也被拿来试问。 - Bormann was surely the source of all the overt or covert opposition to an expansion of my ministry .
分开或隐蔽反对我部扩大权限的风源当然是博尔曼。 - She was now in the second year of active munitions production after long covert preparations .
她在长期暗中准备之后,就积极制造军械,到现在已是第二个年头了。