umbrella

名词 umbrella:

1. a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
2. a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
3. having the function of uniting a group of similar things

形容词 umbrella:

1. covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups

1. She was holding up an umbrella.
   她打着雨伞。
2. An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
   雨伞可以保护你不致雨淋。
3. It was fine that day, so I need not have brought an umbrella with me.
   那天天气很好，我原本不必带伞的(但却带了)。
4. You should take an umbrella just as a precaution.
   你该带把伞，有备无患。
5. Can you identify your umbrella among this lot?
   你能在这些伞中认出你自己的伞吗？
6. Damnation! I've lost my umbrella.
   糟糕!我把伞丢了。
7. Primary education comes under the umbrella of local government.
   小学教育受地方政府的保护。
8. The wind blew my umbrella inside out.
   风把我的伞吹得翻过去了。