English Dictionary

uncover

IPA（発音記号）

/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/

動詞

自動詞 再帰形 他動詞

To remove a cover from. / To reveal the identity of. / To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. / (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.

日本語の意味

覆いを取り除く / 正体を明らかにする / 公然と示す、隠さずに明かす、暴露する / （反射的、自動詞として）敬意の印として帽子やキャップを脱ぐ

Please uncover the cake before serving so everyone can see the decoration.

みんなが飾りを見られるように、出す前にケーキの覆いを外してください。

意味（1）

To remove a cover from.

The model railway was uncovered.

意味（2）

To reveal the identity of.

The murderer has finally been uncovered.

意味（3）

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.

意味（4）

(reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.

Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.

意味（5）

(reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.

The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.

意味（6）

(military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.

uncovers （ present singular third-person ）

uncovering （ participle present ）

uncovered （ participle past ）

uncovered （ past ）