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Shroud Shrouded N Count Verb 英[ʃraʊd 美[ʃraʊd N.寿衣;覆盖物;船的横桅索;[电 护罩;Vt.覆盖;用裹尸布包

单词 shroud
音标
英[ʃraʊd] 美[ʃraʊd]
解释
n.寿衣;覆盖物;船的横桅索;[电] 护罩;vt.覆盖;用裹尸布包;
例句

N-COUNT
裹尸布;寿衣
A shroud is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body.

N-COUNT
遮蔽物;覆盖物
You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a shroud of something.
例:...a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow...车身上覆着一层灰白色积雪的停放着的汽车
例:Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy.部长们都一如既往地迫切想要将他们的行动搞得神神秘秘的。

VERB
隐瞒;保密;掩饰;掩盖
If something has been shrouded in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available.
例:For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery.多年以来表演教学一直蒙着神秘的面纱。
例:...the secrecy which has shrouded the whole affair.笼罩着整件事的诡秘气氛

VERB
(黑暗、烟雾等)遮蔽,笼罩
If darkness, fog, or smoke shrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see.
例:Mist shrouded the outline of Buckingham Palace.雾霭蒙蒙,白金汉宫若隐若现。
变形
third:shrouds~done:shrouded~pl:shrouds~ing:shrouding~past:shrouded~

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