[gài]
[名]
（器物上部有遮蔽作用的东西） cover; lid; cap
the lid of a box
盒盖
hood [bonnet] of an engine
引擎盖
bearing cover [cap]
轴承盖
（动物背部的甲壳） shell (of a tortoise, crab, etc.)
（古时把伞叫盖） canopy
the canopy of the heavens [sky]
天盖
canopy
华盖
(of a tree) stand towering with a canopy of leaves
亭亭如盖
（耢） a farm tool used for levelling land
（姓氏） a surname
Gai Ming
盖明
[动]
（遮掩； 蒙上） cover; shield
tuck in the quilt
盖好被子
cover up
遮盖
The more one tries to hide, the more is exposed.
欲盖弥彰。
The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.
积雪给田野盖上了一件白色的外衣。
（打上印） affix a seal to; seal
stamp
盖戳
take fingerprints
盖手印
（超过； 压倒） surpass; top; excel
excel all others in strength
力大盖人
Cheers drowned his shouting.
欢呼声盖过了他的叫声。
（建筑） build; construct
add another storey to a building
加盖一层
There they learnt to build houses.
在那里他们学会了盖房子。
[副]
[书] （大概） approximately; about
It is possible that such cases exist.
盖有之矣。
About a thousand people attended the meeting.
与会者盖一千人。
[连]
[书] （承上文申说理由或原因） because; for
it is because
盖因
for nothing lives which doesn't die
盖天下万物之萌生， 靡不有死
If there are things we do not know, it is because we haven't learnt them.
有所不知，盖未学也。