blanket

1. N-COUNT A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one that you put on a bed to keep you warm. 毯子

2. N-COUNT A blanket of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it. 覆蓋層

The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow. 泥地在一層白雪的覆蓋下消失不見了。

3. V-T If something such as snow blankets an area, it covers it. 覆蓋

More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan. 一英尺多厚的白雪覆蓋了密歇根州的部分地區。

4. ADJ 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. 適用於全躰的[ADJ n] [強調]

There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan. 日本已經有一項禁止使用外國非熟練工人的通用禁令。