uncover

英 [ʌnˈkʌvə(r)]

美 [ʌnˈkʌvər]

v.  揭开盖子; 发现; 揭露; 揭发

过去分词：uncovered　过去式：uncovered　现在分词：uncovering　第三人称单数：uncovers　

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牛津词典

verb

• 揭开盖子
  to remove sth that is covering sth
  1. Uncover the pan and let the soup simmer.
     揭开锅盖，让汤再慢火煨一下。
• 发现；揭露；揭发
  to discover sth that was previously hidden or secret
  1. Police have uncovered a plot to kidnap the President's son.
     警方已侦破一起绑架总统之子的阴谋。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 揭露，发现（隐秘之事）
  If youuncoversomething, especially something that has been kept secret, you discover or find out about it.
  1. Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud...
     审计人员说他们已经发现了欺诈的证据。
  2. A specific plot to kill him was uncovered in the past couple of weeks.
     一个针对他的暗杀阴谋在过去几周里被揭露了出来。
• VERB 发现，发掘（地下埋藏之物）
  When people who are digging somewhereuncoversomething, they find a thing or a place that has been under the ground for a long time.
  1. Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska.
     考古学家在阿拉斯加发现了一个距今11,700年的狩猎营地。
• VERB 揭开…的盖子；除去…上的覆盖物
  Touncoversomething means to remove something that is covering it.
  1. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
     秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉。

英英释义

verb

• remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
  1. uncover your belly
  2. The man exposed himself in the subway
  Synonym:expose
• make visible
  1. Summer brings out bright clothes
  2. He brings out the best in her
  Synonym:bring outunveilreveal

双语例句

• While making your application code run, you may uncover problems not discovered during the design and code review.
  在使您的应用程序代码运行期间，您可以把设计和代码检查期间未发现的问题揭示出来。
• Security companies like ours uncover horrifying new threats and devastating new attacks, every day.
  保安公司，像我们揭露骇人听闻的新的威胁和破坏性的新的袭击，每一天。
• The British have financed a dig to uncover this church.
  英国人资助了它的发掘工作。
• In these unique communities a group of scientists have dedicated their lives to trying to uncover their secrets.
  在这些独特的社团中，一组科学家已投身于揭开他们长寿之谜的尝试中了。
• Time to uncover the truth.
  这就为你揭开真相。
• We uncover the defects of natural laws, and see the quandary that man is in by their operation.
  我们把自然律的缺陷揭穿了，把自然律的运用给人类的窘迫看明白了。
• When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
  秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉。
• The researchers believe that the results help to uncover how genes can make us fat.
  研究人员相信这项研究结果可以为揭示基因如何使我们变得肥胖的机理提供帮助。
• Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud
  审计人员说他们已经发现了欺诈的证据。
• Please uncover the pot.
  请拿掉锅盖。