covert

US: /ˈkoʊvɝt/
UK: /kə‍ʊvˈɜːt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


covert /'kʌvət/
  • tính từ
    • che đậy, giấu giếm, vụng trộm
      • a covert glance: cái nhìn (vụng) trộm
      • covert threat: sự đe doạ ngầm
  • danh từ
    • hang ổ (của muông thú); bụi rậm, lùm cây (nơi ẩn náo của muông thú)
      • to draw a covert: sục bụi rậm
    • covert cloth
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) vải may áo choàng
    • covert coat
      • áo choàng ngắn

Advanced English dictionary


adjective, noun
+ adjective (formal) secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice: covert operations / surveillance + He stole a covert glance at her across the table. + Every measure, both overt and covert, is being taken against terrorists.
Compare: OVERT
covertly adverb: He watched her covertly in the mirror.
+ noun
an area of thick low bushes and trees where animals can hide

Concise English dictionary


coverts'kʌvət
noun
+a flock of coots
+a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
adj.
+secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
+(of a wife) being under the protection of her husband