- (also British English, informal brolly)
an object with a round folding frame of long, straight pieces of metal covered with material, that you use to protect yourself from the rain or from hot sun 伞；雨伞；阳伞 to carry/hold an umbrella 带/拿伞 colourful beach umbrellas 五彩缤纷的海滩遮阳伞 I put up my umbrella. 我撑开伞。 a rolled/furled umbrella 卷起/卷起的雨伞 - under an umbrella
Spectators huddled under umbrellas as the rain poured down. 大雨倾盆，观众们挤在雨伞下。 an umbrella stand (= for putting umbrellas in when they are not being used) 伞架
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rolled
- beach
- sun
- …
- open
- put up
- unfurl
- …
- stand
- stroller
- body
- …
- under an/the umbrella
a thing that contains or includes many different parts or elements 综合体；总体；整体 - under the umbrella of something
Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority. 许多原本分散的团体现归一个单一的机构领导。 an umbrella organization/group/fund 综合机构／团体／基金 ‘Contact sports’ is an umbrella term for a variety of different sports. “身体接触式运动” 是多种不同体育运动的总称。
Extra ExamplesTwo separate political parties emerged from the umbrella organization. 两个独立的政党从那个综合机构中脱离出来。 The two sectors combined under the umbrella of the Scottish Council. 这两个部门在苏格兰议会的保护下合并。 an umbrella group including members of opposition parties 反对党成员亦加入其中的大型集团 the broad umbrella of alternative medicine 替代疗法的大框架
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rolled
- beach
- sun
- …
- open
- put up
- unfurl
- …
- stand
- stroller
- body
- …
- under an/the umbrella
- under the umbrella of something
a country or system that protects people 保护国（或体系）；保护伞；庇护 the American nuclear umbrella over Europe 美国向欧洲提供的核保护伞
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian ombrella, diminutive of ombra ‘shade’, from Latin umbra ‘shade’.