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Cloak Cloaked N Hide  The Mist Cover Deliberately

The word 'cloak' can be a noun, referring to a type of garment or a covering that hides something, or a verb meaning to cover or hide something.

'cloak' 可以是名词,指斗篷、披风,或引申为覆盖物、掩盖物、伪装。它也可以作动词,意思是笼罩、覆盖或遮掩。

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[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.
    2
    [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。

    3
    [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。

    4
    [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 ; NAmE kloʊk /
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    verb
    cloak cloaks cloaked cloaking
    noun 1 [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。 verb cloaksth (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 ; NAmE kloʊkt / adjective a tall cloaked figure (= a person wearing a cloak) 一个穿着披风、身材很高的人 cloak / kləʊk ; NAmE kloʊk / cloaked / kləʊkt ; NAmE kloʊkt /
    LDC
    cloak1 noun
    cloak2 verb
    cloakcloak1 /kləʊk $ kloʊk/ ●○○ noun
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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]
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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 mistGRAMMAR Cloak is usually passive.cloaked adjective:  The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).
    WDF

    cloak

    [kləʊk]cloaked, cloaking, cloaks

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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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