covert

名词 covert:

1. a flock of coots
2. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
   同义词：screen, cover, concealment

形容词 covert:

1. secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
2. (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband

1. The deer fled to a covert.
   鹿逃入丛林中。
2. Covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.
   秘密军事行动; 叛乱者的秘密资金
3. Religion is often made the covert of crime.
   宗教常成为罪恶的护庇所。

cov.ert

adj.（形容词）
Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown:
秘密的：非公开地实行、承认、参与、积累或显示的：
例句：
covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels.See Synonyms at secret
秘密军事行动；叛乱者的秘密资金参见 secret

Covered or covered over; sheltered.
隐藏的或覆盖的；遮蔽的
Law Being married and therefore protected by one`s husband.
【法律】 已婚的：已经结婚因而受到其丈夫保护的
n.（名词）
A covering or cover.
覆盖物或盖子

A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
隐藏处或遮蔽处；藏身的地方
Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
树丛：可供动物藏身的浓密的下层林丛或树林
Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird`s wings or tail.
【动物学】 覆羽：蔽覆在鸟的翅膀或尾巴上长羽毛基部的小羽毛
A flock of coots.See Synonyms at flock
一群大鹋参见 flock

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [from past participle of] covrir [to cover] * see cover
源自 古法语 [] 源自covrir的过去分词 [覆盖] *参见 cover

【引伸】
cov.ertly
adv.（副词）
cov.ertness
n.（名词）