n.山凹，小湾，<美>小峡谷，（延至树林的）狭长开阔地，[建]穹窿，拱v.（使）内凹，（使）成拱形

英文释义

n. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.

n. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.

n. A concave molding.

n. A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

v. t. To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.

v. t. To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.

n. A boy or man of any age or station.

词干

cove 小海湾
→ 来自古英语cofa， 小室，兽穴，后在苏格兰方言指小海湾。最终词源不详，可能同chamber.