blanket

/ˈblæŋkɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈblæŋkɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈblaŋ-kət/ (ame, mw) · /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ (ame, ipa)

blanket — 名詞

1. a large piece of soft, thick cloth, often woollen, that you put on top of a bed

1.名詞A2
釋義

毛毯；毯子

鋪在床上或裹身保暖的厚布

a large piece of soft, thick cloth, often woollen, that you put on top of a bed or wrap around a person or animal to keep them warm.

例句

Grandma pulled a heavy wool blanket up to my chin before turning off the lamp.

奶奶把厚厚的羊毛毯拉到我下巴的位置，才把檯燈關掉。

pull a blanket up to / over somebody

The firefighters wrapped the shivering boy in a foil blanket on the pavement.

消防員在人行道上用一條鋁箔保暖毯把發抖的男孩裹起來。

wrap somebody in a blanket

同義詞
  • quilt

    thicker, padded with filling between two layers; usually decorative

  • throw

    smaller decorative blanket draped over a sofa or chair

  • duvet

    thick filled bed cover used instead of sheets and blankets

文法句型

a blanket on/over something

wrap somebody in a blanket

用法筆記

Subject of the verb 'wrap' is usually the carer; the cold person is the object. The blanket itself takes prepositions 'on', 'over', or 'around' depending on whether it lies flat, drapes, or is tucked.

常見錯誤

❌I covered with a blanket on the sofa.
✅I covered myself with a blanket on the sofa.
💡'cover' needs an object; you cover yourself, not just 'cover'.
❌She put her child into the blanket.
✅She wrapped her child in a blanket.
💡use 'wrap in', not 'put into', for blankets.

2. a thick, even covering of something such as snow, fog, smoke, or cloud that hide

2.名詞B2
釋義

厚厚一層

覆蓋整片地面或天空的厚層

a thick, even covering of something such as snow, fog, smoke, or cloud that hides the surface underneath.

例句

By dawn, a heavy blanket of snow had buried the village rooftops.

天亮時，厚厚一層積雪已經把村子的屋頂都掩埋了。

a blanket of snow / fog / cloud

A thick blanket of fog rolled in from the bay and swallowed the harbour lights.

一片厚重的濃霧從海灣飄進來，把港邊的燈火都吞沒了。

a blanket of fog rolled in

同義詞
  • layer

    neutral, can be thin or thick; not necessarily covering everything

  • carpet

    metaphorical even covering; often of flowers, leaves, or moss

  • shroud

    hides things in a mysterious or gloomy way

文法句型

a blanket of something

用法筆記

Almost always singular and preceded by 'a' plus an adjective of thickness ('thick', 'heavy', 'soft', 'dense'). The 'of' phrase names the substance doing the covering.

常見錯誤

❌There were blankets of fog over the city.
✅There was a blanket of fog over the city.
💡this sense is normally singular even when the area is large.

blanket — 形容詞

blanket — 動詞