cloak

英 [kləʊk]

美 [kloʊk]

n.  (尤指旧时的)披风，斗篷; 遮盖物
v.  遮盖; 掩盖

复数：cloaks　过去分词：cloaked　现在分词：cloaking　第三人称单数：cloaks　过去式：cloaked　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指旧时的）披风，斗篷
  a type of coat that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders, worn especially in the past
• 遮盖物
  a thing that hides or covers sb/sth
  1. They left under the cloak of darkness.
     他们在黑暗的掩护下离开了。

verb

• 遮盖；掩盖
  to cover or hide sth
  1. The hills were cloaked in thick mist.
     大雾笼罩着群山。
  2. The meeting was cloaked in mystery .
     会议笼罩着神秘的气氛。

柯林斯词典

• 斗篷;披风
  Acloakis a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
• N-SING 覆盖物;遮盖物
  Acloak ofsomething such as mist or snow completely covers and hides something.
  1. Today most of England will be under a cloak of thick mist.
     今天，英格兰大部分地区将被浓雾笼罩。
• N-SING 掩盖;伪装;幌子
  If you refer to something as acloak, you mean that it is intended to hide the truth about something.
  1. Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy...
     婚礼的准备工作是秘密进行的。
• VERB 笼罩;覆盖;遮掩
  Tocloaksomething means to cover it or hide it.
  1. ...the decision to cloak major tourist attractions in unsightly hoardings...
     在主要景点外挂满刺眼的大幅广告牌的决定
  2. A fire could have been deliberately started to cloak small coordinated troop movements...
     可能是有人故意放火掩护小规模的部队协同行动。
  3. The beautiful sweeping coastline was cloaked in mist.
     美丽的海岸线一望无际，笼罩在迷雾之中。

英英释义

noun

• a loose outer garment
• anything that covers or conceals

verb

• cover with or as if with a cloak
  1. cloaked monks
• cover as if with clothing
  1. the mountain was clothed in tropical trees
  Synonym:clothedraperobe
• hide under a false appearance
  1. He masked his disappointment
  Synonym:dissemblemask

双语例句

• The beautiful sweeping coastline was cloaked in mist.
  美丽的海岸线一望无际，笼罩在迷雾之中。
• She put on her cloak and went downstairs. She paused at the foot of the stairs.
  她披上斗篷下了楼，先是在楼梯下停了停。
• She threw off her cloak with an abandoned gesture.
  她以一种放纵的姿势脱掉了斗篷。
• Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy
  婚礼的准备工作是秘密进行的。
• The invaders attacked under a cloak of fog.
  侵略者在大雾的掩护下发动了进攻。
• She eyed his cloak suddenly as though she thought he might be hiding Harry underneath it.
  她突然朝他的斗篷看了一眼，好像他会把哈利藏在斗篷里。
• It's a blanket joe, not a cloak of invisibility!
  那只是个毯子，乔，不是隐身斗篷！
• Came the terrible answer; and as he spoke Peter flung off his cloak.
  这就是那人可怕的回答；说着，彼得甩掉了外衣。
• She had a magic cloak that made her invisible.
  她有一件魔法斗篷可以让她隐形。
• Scarlett shed her bonnet and her cloak.
  思嘉将帽子和外衣脱了。