[N-COUNT 可数名词]斗篷;披风 A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
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[N-SING 单数名词]覆盖物;遮盖物 A cloak of something such as mist or snow completely covers and hides something.
[N of n]
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。
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[N-SING 单数名词]掩盖;伪装;幌子 If you refer to something as a cloak, you mean that it is intended to hide the truth about something.
[N of/for n]
Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy...
婚礼的准备工作是秘密进行的。
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[VERB 动词]笼罩;覆盖;遮掩 To cloak something means to cover it or hide it.
[V n in n]
[V n]
[V-ed]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
...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
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。
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。
Oxford
cloak/kləʊk; NAmEkloʊk/
noun
,
verb
cloakcloakscloakedcloakingnoun1[countable ]a type of coat that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders, worn especially in the past (尤指旧时的)披风,斗篷2[singular ]( literary) a thing that hides or covers sb/sth 遮盖物◆They left under the cloak of darkness.他们在黑暗的掩护下离开了。verbcloaksth (in sth) [often passive ]( literary) to cover or hide sth 遮盖;掩盖◆The hills were cloaked in thick mist.大雾笼罩着群山。◆The meeting was cloaked in mystery.会议笼罩着神秘的气氛。▶cloaked/kləʊkt; NAmEkloʊkt/adjective◆a tall cloaked figure (= a person wearing a cloak) 一个穿着披风、身材很高的人cloak/kləʊk; NAmEkloʊk/cloaked/kləʊkt; NAmEkloʊkt/
LDC
cloak1 noun
cloak2 verb
cloakcloak1 /kləʊk $ kloʊk/ ●○○ noun
Word Origin
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word sets
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1[countable] a warm piece of clothing like a coat without sleeves that hangs loosely from your shoulders2[singular] an organization, activity, or way of behaving that deliberately protects someone or keeps something secretcloak of the cloak of secrecy around the affaircloak for The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.under the cloak of something prejudice hiding under the cloak of religion
cloak1 noun
cloak2 verb
cloakcloak2 verb [transitive]
Verb Table
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1to deliberately hide facts, feelings etc so that people do not see or understand them – used especially in news reportsbe cloaked in secrecy/mystery The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.2literary to cover something, for example with darkness or snowbe cloaked in something hills cloaked in mistGRAMMARCloak is usually passive.—cloaked adjective: The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).
WDF
cloak
[kləʊk]cloaked, cloaking, cloaks
CET4CET6TEM4考研
v16581
644
45
232
177
107
83
n8596
2332
100
1496
279
182
275
NOUN10933
45946
VERB23274
8978
Spoken:
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cloaked[777] cloaking[833] cloaks[278]
隐匿(27%),宽大外衣(22%),遮掩(22%),斗蓬(22%),掩盖物(7%)
n.斗蓬;宽大外衣;托词
vt.遮掩;隐匿
n.(Cloak)人名;(英)克洛克
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