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cloak

noun
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  1. [countable] a type of coat that has no arms, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders, worn especially in the past（尤指旧时的）披风，斗篷
    • She stormed off, her cloak flying behind her.她气呼呼地冲了出去，斗篷在身后飞扬。
    • She threw a heavy cloak over her shoulders.她把一件厚重的斗篷披到肩上。
    • a flowing black cloak飘动的黑色斗篷
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • heavy
    • thick
    • hooded
    • …
    verb + cloak
    • be wrapped in
    • drape
    • throw
    • …
    cloak + verb
    • billow
    • flow
    • flutter
    • …
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  2. [singular] (literary) a thing that hides or covers somebody/something遮盖物
    • They left under the cloak of darkness.他们在黑暗的掩护下离开了。🔊🔊
    • The author prefers to hide behind a cloak of anonymity.作者更喜欢躲在一个匿名的斗篷后面。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock.

cloak

verb
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[often passive] (literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cloak
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he / she / it cloaks
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past simple cloaked
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past participle cloaked
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-ing form cloaking
🔊/ˈkləʊkɪŋ/
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  1. to cover or hide something遮盖；掩盖
    • be cloaked (in something) 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。🔊🔊
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock.