- 1揭開；(比喻)揭露、發現
To uncover something is to remove what was covering it — take the lid off a pot, or pull back a blanket. It's also used a lot for finding out a secret or a truth that someone was hiding: reporters uncover a scandal, and scientists uncover new facts.
core核心畫面
組成un- (the opposite action) + cover (to put something over something else).
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
uncoververb/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/
- 1
To remove a cover from.
- The model railway was uncovered.
- 2
To reveal the identity of.
- The murderer has finally been uncovered.
- 3
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
- But Levinson said in an interview that the stalemate uncovers a flaw in the US system.
- 4
To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
- Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.
- The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway.
- 5
To expose the genitalia.
- The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.
- 6
governmentmilitarypoliticsTo expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
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