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 cov·er·ture /ˈkʌvɚ/
 保護,掩護

 Cov·er·ture n.
 1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
    Protected by walls or other like coverture.   --Woodward.
 Beatrice, who even now
 Is couched in the woodbine coverture.   --Shak.
 2. Law The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
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