套[tào]

动

1. harness (a draught animal); hitch up (a draught animal to a cart)

♦ 我去~牲口。 I'll go and harness the beast

2. cover with; slip over; encase in

♦ ~上毛衣 slip on a pullover

♦ 把枕套~上 put the pillow in the pillowcase

♦ ~上罩衣 put on a dustcoat

3. overlap; interlink

♦ 生产上一个环节~一个环节 a closely linked succession in the production chain

4. put a ring, etc. round; tie

♦ ~上救生圈 put on a life buoy

♦ 用绳子~一只狼 catch a wolf with a lasso

5. model on (or after); copy

♦ ~公式 apply a formul

6. coax a secret out of sb.; pump sb. about sth.

♦ 拿话~他 coax the secret out of him; trick him into telling the truth

♦ ~口供 trick the accused into confession

7. try to win (sb.'s friendship)

♦ 套交情

8. cut the thread (of a screw) with a die or tap

名

1. sheath; case; cover

♦ 毛笔~ cap of a writing brush

♦ 沙发~ slipcover for a sofa; sofa cover

♦ 给电视机加上一个~儿 put a cover on the TV set

2. knot; loop; noose

♦ 拴个~儿 tie a knot; make a loop

♦ 活~儿 slipknot; running knot

3. the bend of a river or curve in a mountain range

♦ 河套

4. traces; harness

♦ 牲口~ harness for a draught animal

5. convention; formula

♦ 客套

量(for books, furniture, rooms, methods, remarks, etc.) set; suit; suite

♦ 一~书 a set of books

♦ 一~唱片 a set of phonograph records

♦ 一~邮票 a set of stamps

♦ 一~房间 a suite of rooms or a flat

♦ 一~唱腔 a score of voices (in a Chinese op-era)

♦ 他讲了一大~客气话。 He made a lot of polite remarks.

形that which covers (other garments, etc.)

♦ 套鞋