shroud
shroud
noun
adjective
语源
noun
- a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial
裹尸布，寿衣
he was buried in a linen shroud.
他埋葬时，身着亚麻布寿衣。
■(figurative)a thing that envelops or obscures something
(喻)遮蔽物；幕；罩
a shroud of mist.
薄雾笼罩。
they operate behind a shroud of secrecy.
他们在秘密状态下行动。
■(technical)a protective casing or cover
(技)罩；护罩；管套 - (shrouds)a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast
（船桅的）左右支索，侧支索
■(亦作shroud line)each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness
（降落伞的）吊伞索
- [with obj.]wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial
用裹尸布裹；给…穿寿衣
■(figurative)cover or envelop so as to conceal from view
(喻)隐蔽；隐藏；笼罩
mountains shrouded by cloud.
被云彩笼罩的山。
the mystery which shrouds the origins of the universe.
隐藏着宇宙起源的秘密。
adjective
语源
- late Old English scrūd 'garment, clothing', of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'cut'; related to shred. An early sense of the verb (Middle English) was 'cover so as to protect'
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