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coverlet

/kuhv-er-lit/US // ˈkʌv ər lɪt //UK // (ˈkʌvəlɪt) //

盖毯,盖毯子,罩子,罩杯

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also cov·er·lid [kuhv-er-lid]. /ˈkʌv ər lɪd/. a bed quilt that does not cover the pillow, used chiefly for warmth; bedspread.
    • : Archaic. any covering or cover.

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Examples

  • Here Letty drew the coverlet from the face of the sleeping babe, and displayed his chubby proportions with maternal pride.

  • The thick white hair was arranged in seemly order, and his hands lay upon the coverlet as if he had finished something.

  • She turned and saw the moonlight streaming in at the window, and lying like a silver coverlet upon the floor.

  • He was silent for a full minute while the girl in the bed plucked at the coverlet and eyed first him and then Greenleaf.

  • He doubled his cloak, that by rolling himself up in it, it might serve the purposes both of a bed and of a coverlet.