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 covey ['kʌvi]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. (一)群, 一队

  1. The early silence was broken only by the calls of a covey of quail crossing the lawn.
    只有草坪上飘来的几声鹌鹑的啼鸣打破清晨的寂静。
  2. Rotarians will attend workshops on topics including successful microcredit projects and listen to Rotarian author Stephen R. Covey's presentation on leadership.
    扶轮社员将可参加不同主题的研讨会,涵盖成功的超小额信贷计划和聆听扶轮社员作家史蒂芬•卡威有关领导能力之简报。
  3. Any one who has ever thrown a stone into a frog-pond, or fired into a covey of birds, will have some idea of the effect of these incongruous words breaking in upon the all-pervading quiet.
    谁要是曾往蛙塘里投下一块石头,或是向一群飞鸟开过一枪,就可以想象出在全神贯注的观众中,这叫人倒胃口的话语会产生什么样的后果。


covey
[ noun ]
  1. a small collection of people

  2. <noun.group>
  3. a small flock of grouse or partridge

  4. <noun.group>


Covey \Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov?e, F. couv?e, fr. cover, F.
couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E.
incubate. See {Cubit}, and cf. {Cove} to brood.]
1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of
young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together;
-- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. --Darwin.

2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison.


Covey \Cov"ey\, v. i.
To brood; to incubate. [Obs.]

[Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch.
--Holland.


Covey \Cov"ey\, n.
A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker.

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