名詞 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

形容詞 umbrella:

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

1. She was holding up an umbrella.
   她打著雨傘。
2. An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
   雨傘可以保護(hù)你不致雨淋。
3. It was fine that day, so I need not have brought an umbrella with me.
   那天天氣很好，我原本不必帶傘的(但卻帶了)。
4. You should take an umbrella just as a precaution.
   你該帶把傘，有備無(wú)患。
5. Can you identify your umbrella among this lot?
   你能在這些傘中認(rèn)出你自己的傘嗎？
6. Damnation! I've lost my umbrella.
   糟糕!我把傘丟了。
7. Primary education comes under the umbrella of local government.
   小學(xué)教育受地方政府的保護(hù)。
8. The wind blew my umbrella inside out.
   風(fēng)把我的傘吹得翻過(guò)去了。