| 词汇 | cloaking |
| 释义 | cloaking present participle ofcloak cloak verb[ T ] uk /kləʊk/ us /kloʊk/ to cover or hide something: 掩藏，掩饰 He 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 camouflage camouflaged cloak drown hole up (somewhere) illusion illusionistically illusively illusorily secrete shroud sidle skulk smokescreen stash stealthy tuck Examples of cloakingcloaking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hitchcock copied other ministers by cloaking himself in the veil of scripture. This must continue to receive critical attention, and we must strongly reiterate that rather than cloaking the issue in silence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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 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 In that atmosphere repressive legislation, cloaking impulsion into the sanctity of contracts, might well be passed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For me, this future is tinged with hope, but a sense of faltering hesitancy is somewhat cloaking the achievements and advances that have been made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is extremely important that the minority of landlords who have been cloaking their activities and hiding their names should be brought into the open. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To call it a voting system is cloaking it with an authenticity that it clearly will not have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cloaking the issue in the alibi of legal immunity of a head of state is bogus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any politician should be cautious about cloaking himself in righteousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the danger of cloaking the reality of need that exists, and that is perhaps the greatest crime of all in these proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is he doing about migration from the areas of high unemployment, which is a means of cloaking the real impact? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People were much more concerned about hiding it, cloaking it up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why this cloaking in obscurity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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