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

• 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。
• Culturing programs and record keeping can uncover the root of mastitis problems.
  养殖计划和保持记录可以发现乳腺炎问题的根源。
• But I believe we humans will uncover these riddles one day.
  不过我相信，总有一天人类会把这些谜团都解开的。
• To uncover the meaning of these mysterious events.
  来揭开这些神秘事件的真相。
• Till then, many "do not understand its riddle" will be uncover.
  到那时，许多“不解之谜”都会被揭开。
• It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.
  是内部检举和调查性报道揭露了这一腐败事实。
• 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。
• 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。
• The methods that keep the ball in play are simple, but elusive until you uncover them for yourself.
  比赛中保持球的方法很简单，但是却难以捉摸直到你自己揭开它们。
• When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
  秧苗发芽后，就把盘子上的盖子拿掉。