| 词汇 | cloak |
| 释义 | cloak noun uk /kləʊk/ us /kloʊk/ cloaknoun (PIECE OF CLOTHING)[ C ] a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves, that fastens at the neck, and is worn instead of a coat斗篷，披风 Dave and Les Jacobs/Blend Images/GettyImages Coats, jackets & cloaks achkan anorak Barbour barn coat baseball jacket DJ donkey jacket double-breasted doublet down jacket mac mackintosh mantle Nehru jacket oilskin single-breasted slicker smoking jacket sports jacket stole cloaknoun (HIDE)[ S or U ] something that hides, covers, or keeps something else secret: 遮掩物；伪装；掩盖；幌子 cloak forThe restaurant he owned was just a cloak for (= hid) his drug-dealing activities.他开那家餐馆不过是为他从事毒品交易作掩护。 under cloak ofThey left the house under cloak of darkness.他们趁着天黑离开了那所房子。 Secrecy and privacy anonymity anonymization anonymize anonymous anonymously data protection dead men tell no talesidiom dissimulate dissimulation down-low on the quietidiom privacy privacy settings private privately under wrapsidiom undisclosed unrevealed unsourced unstated cloak verb[ T ] uk /kləʊk/ us /kloʊk/ to cover or hide something: 掩藏，掩饰 be cloaked inHe has always kept his love affairs cloaked in secrecy (= kept them secret).他总是隐瞒他的风流韵事。 The river is often cloaked in mist in the early morning.清晨，这条河上常常是雾霭弥漫。 to keep someone or something from being seen hideI'll need to hide the sweets so the children don't find them. concealHe did his best to conceal his true feelings from his spouse. secreteThe spies smuggled the films out of the country by secreting them in the lining of their coats. cloakThe proceedings were cloaked in secrecy. Hiding and disguising be holed upidiom booby trap camo camouflaged cloak something in something drown fig leaf hole up (somewhere) illusion illusionistically illusively illusorily lurk secrete shroud shut someone/something out sidle skulk smokescreen stash cloak | American Dictionarycloak noun us/kloʊk/ cloaknoun (PIECE OF CLOTHING)[ C ] a loose outer piece of clothing without sleeves that fastens at the neck and hangs from the shoulders cloaknoun (SOMETHING THAT HIDES)[ Cusually sing ] something that covers or hides something: The agents operate under a cloak of secrecy. cloak verb[ T ] us/kloʊk/ cloakverb[T] (HIDE)to cover or hide something: The deal was cloaked in secrecy. Examples of cloakcloak Audiences, after all, paid to watch kings and princes perform on the stage and to watch boys don the personae and - literally - the cloaks of majesty. More signicant was what the gift of cloaks symbolized: the restitution of respect and honor to the father-in-law lost by the son-in-law's immodest behavior and his deance of elders. Nobles wore elaborately adorned cloaks made of maguey as well as cotton, and decoration was as impor tant as the type of cloth in terms of social distinctions. The discourse on literacy thus both ruptures the pre-war gender system at the same time that it cloaks these ruptures in the service of restoring the gender statusquo. The production of a novel (or any textual object) is a complex process, and its very complexity is often cloaked by ideals about the solitary, unitary author. They simply merged back into what was often a chaotic social cauldron in which anonymity cloaked, to the point of invisibility, those who lived a transient existence. Everything was cloaked by the dense fog. Our fears have allowed the doctors to act with imperious authority, cloaking their lack of knowledge in our greater ignorance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not accept that a redundancy is a redundancy however it may be cloaked and garbed by his statement? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People outside realise that there is a wholesale traffic, and no amount of cloaking it is going to be of any advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The profession has been extremely successful in cloaking itself in an expensive mystique. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alcoholism is perhaps the only addiction—smoking may be the other—for which society has devised elaborate disguises and cloaks of social acceptability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cuts are cloaked in the language of "efficiency"and"savings". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole problem has been cloaked in mystery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to discuss the verbal camouflage which cloaks the nuclear armoury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cloak These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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