MEANING/意义
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hide; shut; close; cover (of a publication) ; get pinched (when shutting a door, a window or a lid)Type verb/动词
掩
EXAMPLES/列句
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门虚掩着。
The door stands ajar. -
日暮掩柴扉
At dusk I close my wicket door (verse from “Parting in the Hills“, a poem written by WANG Wei, famous Chinese poet in the Tang Dynasty)
COMBINATIONS/组合
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掩盖
to conceal; to cover up; to hide behind
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掩护
cover; to screen; to shield; protection; to cover (with a bowl etc.)
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掩饰
to gloss over; to conceal a fault
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掩盖
to conceal; to cover (with hand)
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掩护
to shield; cover (of a publication)
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掩饰
to conceal; to cover up
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掩蔽
to offer shelter; something used for cover or shelter; to cover (with hand)
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掩耳
to shut one's ears; to cover one's ears
