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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

blanket ['blæŋkɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (for bed) 毛毯
  2. 2. noun [of snow] [ fog]
  3. 3. adjective [+ban] [ coverage] (comprehensive) 全面
  4. 4. vt. [snow+] 覆盖

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

blanket [ˈblæŋkɪt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 毯子毛毯
    Many of the troop managed to acquire beds, complete with mattresses and blankets.
    部队许多人都成功找到了有床垫毯子床铺
  2. 2. n.[c] 覆盖物覆盖层;罩
    When they awoke, there was a thick blanket of fog over the lake.
    他们睡醒时,发现湖面上有一层薄雾
    There was a blanket of snow.
    地上覆盖着厚厚的一层雪。
  3. 3. n.[c] [Nuclear Physics] 再生区
  4. 4. vt. 覆盖笼罩
    Grass blankets the hills for as far as the eye can see.
    一望无际草地覆盖山丘
  5. 5. vt. 在……上形成覆盖层
    Posters advertising the arena as a cultural attraction blanket the city.
    城市中贴满了海报,把竞技场作为一个文化景点进行宣传
  6. 6. adjective 全面的,总括的一揽子
    The city has created a blanket ban on all tobacco products.
    这个城市颁布全面禁止所有烟草产品禁令
    Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.
    侵犯人权国家的广泛制裁

Collins English-English Dictionary

blanket ['blæŋkɪt]
  1. 1. n a large piece of thick cloth for use as a bed covering, animal covering, etc, enabling a person or animal to retain natural body heat
  2. 2. n a concealing cover or layer, as of smoke, leaves, or snow
  3. 3. n a rubber or plastic sheet wrapped round a cylinder, used in offset printing to transfer the image from the plate, stone, or forme to the paper
  4. 4. n [Physics] a layer of a fertile substance placed round the core of a nuclear reactor as a reflector or absorber and often to breed new fissionable fuel
  5. 5. n [modifier] applying to or covering a wide group or variety of people, conditions, situations, etc
    blanket insurance against loss, injury, and theft
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to cover with or as if with a blanket; overlie
  7. 7. vt. to cover a very wide area, as in a publicity campaign; give blanket coverage
  8. 8. vt. [usually foll by out] to obscure or suppress
    the storm blanketed out the TV picture
  9. 9. vt. [nautical] to prevent wind from reaching the sails of (another sailing vessel) by passing to windward of it
  10. 10. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French blancquete, from blanc; see blank

Examples

a blanket insurance policy
综合保险单
to huddle under a blanket
蜷缩在毯子里
He held the blanket over me.
他用毯子把我盖上。
Let's bring a blanket just in case the weather goes bad on us.
我们带上条毯子吧,以防遇到坏天气。
It would be better for you to sign up for blanket insurance coverage.
你最好签一份综合保险协议。

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