Covert

(noun.) a flock of coots.

(adj.) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; 'covert actions by the CIA'; 'covert funding for the rebels' .

(adj.) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; 'a woman covert' .

整理:露丝

• As he watched her with another covert look, he saw a certain ambitious triumph in her face which no assumed coldness could conceal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Yes; and he was up again at eight to ride to covert. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Sometimes we passed whole days under the leafy covert of the forest with our books and music. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• In vain Amy telegraphed the word 'talk', tried to draw her out, and administered covert pokes with her foot. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Her mother ended with a look of contempt and covert triumph, which for a moment awakened the suspicions of Idris. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A covert glance at her face, as he walked beside her, showed him that she had not expected his ready assent to that proposition. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• No, not if it were to be by the side of Barton covert, and they were kept watching for two hours together. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• As it was, he took her words for a covert judgment, and was certain that she thought his sketch detestable. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Our children, freed from the bondage of winter, bounded before us; pursuing the deer, or rousing the pheasants and partridges from their coverts. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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