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noun (a top cover for a bed.) couvre-lit -
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cover [ˈkʌvər]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. (for protection) (over furniture) housse f ; (over merchandise, vehicle) bâche f ; [of lens] bouchon m ; [of book] couverture f ; ( = lid) couvercle mb. ( = bedcover) dessus-de-lit m invc. ( = shelter) abri m• his critics are already running for cover c'est déjà le sauve-qui-peut général parmi ses détracteurs• to take cover ( = shelter) s'abritere. ( = means of concealing) couverture f• the conference was a cover for an illegal political gathering la conférence servait de couverture à un rassemblement politique illégal► to cover for or against sth (Insurance)it doesn't cover you for or against flood damage vous n'êtes pas couvert contre les dégâts des eaux• what does your travel insurance cover you for? que couvre votre assurance voyage ?b. ( = point gun at) braquer un revolver sur• I've got you covered! ne bougez pas ou je tire !c. [+ opposing player] marquerd. [+ distance] parcourir• to cover a lot of ground (travelling) faire beaucoup de chemin ; ( = deal with many subjects) traiter un large éventail de questionse. ( = be sufficient for) couvrir• $50 will cover everything 50 dollars suffiront (à couvrir toutes les dépenses)f. ( = deal with) traiter• the course covers nutrition and exercise le stage traite de la nutrition et de l'exercice physique3. compoundsa. ( = protect) [+ person] protéger ; (Insurance)[+ risk] couvrir• why would she cover for him if he's trying to kill her? pourquoi le protégerait-elle s'il veut la tuer ?a. se couvrira. [+ object] recouvrir ; [+ child] couvrirb. ( = hide) dissimuler ; [+ affair] étouffer* * *['kʌvə(r)] 1.1) (protective lid, sheath) couverture f; (for duvet, typewriter, cushion) housse f; (for umbrella, blade, knife) fourreau m2) ( blanket) couverture f3) (of book, magazine) couverture f; ( of record) pochette fon the cover — ( of book) sur la couverture; ( of magazine) en couverture
4) ( shelter) abri m5) (for spy, crime) couverture f ( for pour)to blow somebody's cover — (colloq) griller (colloq) quelqu'un
6) Military couverture f7) ( replacement) (for teacher, doctor) remplacement m2.to give or provide cover against — garantir contre
transitive verb1) ( conceal or protect) couvrir ( with avec); recouvrir [cushion, sofa, corpse] ( with de)3) ( be all over) [litter, graffiti, bruises] couvrircovered in spots/litter — couvert de boutons/papiers
4) ( travel over) parcourir [distance, area]; ( extend over) s'étendre sur [area]5) (deal with, include) [article, speaker] traiter; [term] englober; [teacher] faire; [rule, law] s'appliquer à; [department] s'occuper de; [rep] couvrir6) ( report on) [journalist] couvrir7) ( pay for) couvrir [costs]; combler [loss]£20 should cover it — 20 livres sterling devraient suffire
9) Military, Sport couvrirI've got you covered! — ( threat) ne bougez pas ou je tire!
to cover one's back — fig se couvrir
10) ( conceal) cacher [ignorance]; masquer [smell]3.4.to cover oneself — se protéger ( against contre)
- covered5.covered past participle adjective [market, porch] couvert; [dish] à couverclePhrasal Verbs:- cover up -
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may [meɪ]a. ( = might)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When may expresses present, future or past possibility, it is often translated by peut-être, with the appropriate tense of the French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• a vegetarian diet may not provide enough iron il se peut qu'un régime végétarien soit trop pauvre en fer• one may as well say £5 million autant dire 5 millions de livres• one may well ask if this is a waste of money on est en droit de se demander si c'est une dépense inutileb. ( = can) pouvoir• may I interrupt for a moment? je peux vous interrompre une seconde ?• may I tell her now? -- you may as well est-ce que je peux le lui dire maintenant ? -- après tout, pourquoi pas ?• may I? vous permettez ?c. (in prayers, wishes) may he rest in peace qu'il repose en paix* * *[meɪ] -
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may [meɪ]a. ( = might)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When may expresses present, future or past possibility, it is often translated by peut-être, with the appropriate tense of the French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• a vegetarian diet may not provide enough iron il se peut qu'un régime végétarien soit trop pauvre en fer• one may as well say £5 million autant dire 5 millions de livres• one may well ask if this is a waste of money on est en droit de se demander si c'est une dépense inutileb. ( = can) pouvoir• may I interrupt for a moment? je peux vous interrompre une seconde ?• may I tell her now? -- you may as well est-ce que je peux le lui dire maintenant ? -- après tout, pourquoi pas ?• may I? vous permettez ?c. (in prayers, wishes) may he rest in peace qu'il repose en paix* * *I [meɪ]modal auxiliary1) ( possibility)he may come — il se peut qu'il vienne, il viendra peut-être
‘are you going to accept?’ - ‘I may’ — ‘tu vas accepter?’ - ‘peut-être’
that's as may be, but... — peut-être bien, mais...
2) ( permission)I'll sit down, if I may — je vais m'asseoir si vous le permettez
II [meɪ]and who are you, may I ask? — iron qui êtes-vous au juste?; well I 2. 2
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[bed]1) (a piece of furniture, or a place, to sleep on: The child sleeps in a small bed; a bed of straw.) lit2) (the channel (of a river) or floor (of a sea) etc.) lit3) (a plot in a garden: a bed of flowers.) parterre4) (layer: a bed of chalk below the surface.) couche•- - bedded- bedding - bedbug - bedclothes - bedcover - bedridden - bedroom - bedside - bedspread - bedtime - bed and breakfast - bed of roses - go to bed -
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(a bedcover made of the down or soft feathers of the eider duck (a northern sea duck).) édredon -
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A n2 ( layer) (of snow, ash) couche f ; (of cloud, fog) nappe f ; ( of smoke) nuage m ; (of flowers, weeds) tapis m ;3 Nucl couche f fertile.C vtr1 Naut déventer ;2 ( cover) couvrir ; the fields were blanketed in fog les champs étaient couverts de brouillard.to be a wet blanket être un rabat-joie ; to be born on the wrong side of the blanket† euph être un enfant illégitime. -
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См. также в других словарях:
bedcover — [bed′kuv΄ər] n. a cover for a bed; coverlet; bedspread … English World dictionary
bedcover — also bedcovering noun Date: circa 1656 1. bedspread 2. bedclothes usually used in plural … New Collegiate Dictionary
bedcover — /bed kuv euhr/, n. a bedspread. [1820 30; BED + COVER] * * * … Universalium
bedcover — noun A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane … Wiktionary
bedcover — n. bedspread, quilt, type of blanket … English contemporary dictionary
bedcover — noun Brit. 1》 a bedspread. 2》 (bedcovers) bedclothes … English new terms dictionary
bedcover — /ˈbɛdkʌvə/ (say bedkuvuh) noun → bedspread …
bedcover — noun decorative cover for a bed • Syn: ↑bedspread, ↑bed cover, ↑bed covering, ↑counterpane, ↑spread • Hypernyms: ↑bedclothes, ↑bed clothing, ↑bedding … Useful english dictionary
king-size — king sized king sizedadj. 1. extra large; as, a king size bed. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] Note: A king size bed is the largest size generally sold commercially; it is larger than a {queen size}, which in turn is larger than a {full size} (or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
king-sized — king size king size king sized king sizedadj. 1. extra large; as, a king size bed. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] Note: A king size bed is the largest size generally sold commercially; it is larger than a {queen size}, which in turn is larger… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bedcovering — noun see bedcover … New Collegiate Dictionary