名词毛毯，毯子; 毯状物; 厚的覆盖层

形容词总括的; 全体的; 无大差别的

及物动词用毯覆盖; 覆盖，掩盖; （规则等）适用于

1. 毯子；毛毯
A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.

2. 覆盖层
A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.

e.g. The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow...
泥巴被积雪盖住了。
e.g. Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.
厚厚的一层雾伴着阴冷潮湿的空气迎来了新的一年。

3. （不好的情感、性质等的）弥漫，充斥
You can refer to something such as an unpleasant emotion or an undesirable quality that seems to affect every aspect of a particular situation as a blanket of that emotion or quality.

e.g. It seems as if the blanket of depression is in some way necessary to help them blot out the even greater pain of real life...
似乎这种弥漫的抑郁情绪多少能帮助他们忘却一些现实生活中更大的痛苦。
e.g. A blanket of silence descended.
大家都沉默不语。

4. 覆盖；遮盖；盖住
If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it.

e.g. More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan...
密歇根州的部分地区被超过一英尺厚的积雪所覆盖。
e.g. With a thick mist now blanketing the trees, I got thoroughly lost.
此时浓雾笼罩着林木，我彻底迷路了。

5. 通用的；全面的；无一例外的
You use blanket to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions.

e.g. There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.
日本已经全面禁止国外非熟练工入境。
e.g. ...the blanket coverage of the Barcelona Olympics.
对巴塞罗那奥运会的全面报道

6. see also: electric blanket;security blanket;wet blanket

形容词美味的，可口的; 有趣的; 喷香

1. 美味的;可口的
Food that is delicious has a very pleasant taste.

e.g. There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from...
总是有很多美味可口的饭菜可供选择。
e.g. Pecan nuts are delicious both raw and cooked.
美洲山核桃不论生的还是熟的都很好吃。

形容词背阴的; 可疑的; 隐蔽的; 名声不好的

1. 背阴的;阴凉的;多阴的
You can describe a place as shady when you like the fact that it is sheltered from bright sunlight, for example by trees or buildings.

e.g. After flowering, place the pot in a shady spot in the garden...
花期过后，将花盆放到花园里的背阴处。
e.g. The rooms are admirably cool and shady after the hot brown monotony of the countryside.
在乡间经受过持续的暴晒后，房间里显得特别阴凉宜人。

2. (树)成阴的
Shady trees provide a lot of shade.

e.g. Clara had been reading in a lounge chair under a shady tree.
克拉拉一直坐在树阴下的躺椅上看书。

3. 可疑的;鬼鬼祟祟的;不正当的
You can describe activities as shady when you think that they might be dishonest or illegal. You can also use shady to describe people who are involved in such activities.

e.g. The company was notorious for shady deals...
该公司因其不法交易而臭名昭著。
e.g. Joseph watched a shady-looking bunch playing cards aboard a Mississippi steamer.
约瑟夫看到一群可疑的人在密西西比河的一艘轮船上打牌。

形容词盛开的; 妙龄的; 俚十足的、非常的; 开坯

1. （尤用于生气时表示强调）太，很，真是
Blooming is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are annoyed.

e.g. It's a blooming nuisance because it frightens my dog to death.
它真让人讨厌，快把我的狗吓死了。

2. 容光焕发的；神采奕奕的；精力旺盛的
Someone who is blooming looks attractively healthy and full of energy.

e.g. If they were blooming with confidence they wouldn't need me...
他们要是信心百倍的话，也就不会叫我了。
e.g. She's in blooming health.
她身强体健。

形容词光亮的; 华丽的

动词发光( shine的现在分词)

1. (成就)辉煌的，值得钦佩的;(品质)出色的,卓越的
A shining achievement or quality is a very good one which should be greatly admired.

e.g. She is a shining example to us all...
她是我们所有人的光辉榜样。
e.g. The Ariane space-rocket project has had a shining success.
阿里安航天火箭项目取得了辉煌的成功。