English → Chinese
umbrella
/BrE ʌmˈbrɛlə 
, AmE ˌəmˈbrɛlə /
noun
1 literal 伞;
to unfurl or open/furl or close an umbrella 打开／收起伞
2 figurative 保护伞;
under the umbrella of sth 在…的保护下 ‹NATO, security forces›;
an air umbrella 空中掩护;
before n 综合的 ‹committee, project›; to be an umbrella word for sth 是某事物的概括词