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blanket

noun
 
🔊/ˈblæŋkɪt/
🔊/ˈblæŋkɪt/
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  1.  
    a large cover, often made of wool, used especially on beds to keep people warm毯子；毛毯
    • It’s cold tonight—can I have another blanket?今晚很冷，我可以再盖一条毯子吗？
    • The baby was wrapped in a blanket.婴儿被包裹在毯子中。
    see also electric blanket
    Extra Examples
    • She pulled the blanket up and went to sleep.她拉上毛毯进入了梦乡。
    • They shivered under their thin blankets.他们在薄薄的毛毯下瑟瑟发抖。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • thick
    • thin
    • …
    verb + blanket
    • cover somebody with
    • drape over somebody/​something
    • tuck around somebody
    • …
    preposition
    • beneath a/​the blanket
    • under a/​the blanket
    phrases
    • a wet blanket
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  2.  
    [usually singular] blanket of something a thick layer or mass of something厚层；厚的覆盖层
    • a blanket of fog/snow/cloud厚厚的一层雾／雪／云
    • (figurative) The trial was conducted under a blanket of secrecy.审讯在高度保密下进行。🔊🔊
    see also wet blanket
    Extra Examples
    • The sun was breaking through the blanket of mist.太阳穿过薄雾笼罩。
    • The walls were covered in blankets of ivy.墙壁上覆盖着常春藤毛毯。
    Topics Weatherc1
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.

blanket

adjective
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[only before noun]
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  1. including or affecting all possible cases, situations or people包括所有情形（或人员）的；总括的；综合的
    • a blanket ban on tobacco advertising烟草广告的全面取缔
    • a blanket refusal完全拒绝
    • What I object to most is the blanket opposition to change.我最反对的是全面反对变革。
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.

blanket

verb
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[often passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they blanket
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he / she / it blankets
🔊/ˈblæŋkɪts/
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past simple blanketed
🔊/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈblæŋkɪtɪd/
past participle blanketed
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-ing form blanketing
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  1. blanket something to cover something completely with a thick layer以厚层覆盖
    • The ground was soon blanketed with snow.地面很快铺上了一层厚厚的积雪。
    • Deposits of ash blanket the lower slopes of the mountain.灰烬覆盖了山的下坡。
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting undyed woollen cloth): via Old Northern French from Old French blanc ‘white’, ultimately of Germanic origin.