uncover
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·cov·er /ʌnˈkʌvə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 FIND OUTto find out about something that has been kept secret 发现；揭露 → discover Customs officials uncovered a plot to smuggle weapons into the country. 海关官员侦破了一个走私武器入境的阴谋。2. COVERto remove the cover from something 揭开…的盖子→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
uncover• The research is to uncover and outline all the elements upon which multiple territorial entities could arise.• We walked into this uncovered base camp.• Modern men and women work assiduously at sites like Uxmal to uncover every clue.• Should he uncover it, he wondered?• More skeletons of probable plague victims were uncovered on the Rock House site in July 1987.• Thwarting Chan and the girls in their endeavor to uncover the gold are roving bands of unaffiliated bad guys.• But when he uncovered the picture, he gave a cry of pain.• A search of their luggage uncovered two pistols.un·cov·er verbChineseSyllable
been secret find has to out that something kept about Corpus
uncover
un‧cov‧er /ʌnˈkʌvə $ -ər/
verb [transitive]
Customs officials uncovered a plot to smuggle weapons into the country.
2. to remove the cover from something
un‧cov‧er /ʌnˈkʌvə $ -ər/
verb [transitive] Word Family: noun: cover, coverage, covering; adjective: undercover, covered ≠ UNCOVERED; verb: cover ≠ uncover; adverb: undercover
1. to find out about something that has been kept secret ⇨ discover: 2. to remove the cover from something