Covering

(noun.) the act of protecting something by covering it.

(noun.) an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it).

(noun.) a natural object that covers or envelops; 'under a covering of dust'; 'the fox was flushed from its cover'.

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• Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• If there is a slab roof the air must blow freely between this roof and the top covering. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• When cocoanuts are picked, however, they have still another covering-an outer rind which has a smooth surface. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Apply to burn, covering with linen or lint. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The floor may be slabs, and the roof a covering of brush to hold the packing to its place, if a slab roof is not readily made. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Far back in the obscuring gloom of a prehistoric antiquity, man wore probably only the hirsute covering which nature gave him. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On June 15, 1844, Mr. Goodyear took out his celebrated patent, No. 3,633, covering this process, in which he not only used sulphur, but added a proportion of white lead. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This paint gives a very durable and pliant covering, which does not melt in the greatest heat of summer nor crack or break in the greatest cold. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It was evident that the enemy was covering a retreat from Grand Gulf to Vicksburg. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The kelps are abundant, covering thousands of square miles in the Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There was a broad, irregular smudge covering some yards of the track. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He took out a patent covering wireless telegraphy in 1891, but other matters were then absorbing his attention, and he was quite willing to yield that field to the brilliant Italian, Marconi. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But his men struggled on until some of them got up to the very parapet covering the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The outline sketch will indicate the principal patents covering the basic features of the lamp. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The bodies are shipped separate from the chassis, being stood on end in one-half of the car and protected from dust by coverings. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• After Sola had replenished my coverings I again slept, nor did I awaken until daylight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The seats had also their stained coverings, and one, which was higher than the rest, was accommodated with a footstool of ivory, curiously carved. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• No dust, no canvas coverings: except that the air feels chilly, one would think they were inhabited daily. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When he had so done, he lay down upon his bed with some of its coverings over him, and his coat still tied round his neck, to get through the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• She felt the bed and examined the coverings. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A large number of patents have been taken out on glass coverings for locks which have to be broken before the lock can be turned. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• They measured and discussed in the dining-room, and Hermione decided what the floor coverings must be. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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