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. 覆盖层

The mud disappeared under a blanket of snow. 泥地在一层白雪的覆盖下消失不见了。

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

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

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. 适用于全体的[ADJ n] [强调]

There's already a blanket ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan. 日本已经有一项禁止使用外国非熟练工人的通用禁令。