blanket

verb

cover as if with a blanket
毛布で覆うかのように、覆う
- snow blanketed the fields
  雪は、田畑をおおった
form a blanket-like cover (over)
毛布のようなカバー（覆い）を作る

noun

bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
ベッドの中の人を暖かくする寝具
- he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
  彼は頭の上まで布団を被って眠りに就いた
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
原子炉の非常に反応的な核を囲んでいる鉛の層
anything that covers
覆う物
- there was a blanket of snow
  雪に覆われていた

adjective

broad in scope or content
対象範囲または容量が広い
- across-the-board pay increases
  一律の賃上げ
- an all-embracing definition
  包括的な定義
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
  人権違反者に対する全面的な制裁
- an invention with broad applications
  広い適用をもつ発明
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner
  ソビエト国家の総括的な研究−T.G.ウィナー
- granted him wide powers
  広い権限を彼に与えた

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