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单词 shroud
释义
shroud
noun[C]
uk
/ʃraʊd/us
/ʃraʊd/

shroudnoun[C](CLOTH)

aclothorlong,loosepieceofclothingthat is used towrapadeadbodybefore it isburied
裹尸布
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
  • bier
  • burial
  • bury
  • committal
  • cremains
  • cremate
  • cremation
  • cryogenic
  • embalmer
  • exhumation
  • exhume
  • mummy
  • reburial
  • rebury
  • reinter
  • reinterment
  • sarcophagus
  • sati
  • suttee
  • taxidermist
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shroudnoun[C](HIDE)

alayerof something thatcoversorsurroundssomething:
遮蔽物；罩；幕
Everything wascoveredin athickshroudofdust.所有东西上都积了厚厚的一层尘土。
asituationthatpreventssomething from beingknownorunderstood:
谜局
Thetruthabout theaccidentremainshiddenbeneath a shroudofsecrecy.事故的真相一直是个谜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Coverings and layers
  • a blanket ofsomethingidiom
  • beeswax wrap
  • blanket
  • brazen
  • casing
  • diaphragm
  • interstratification
  • interstratify
  • lagging
  • layer
  • layered
  • seam
  • sheath
  • strata
  • stratum
  • substratum
  • superstratum
  • tar paper
  • veil
  • vein
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Hiding and disguising
shroud
verb[T]
uk
/ʃraʊd/us
/ʃraʊd/
tohidesomething bycoveringorsurroundingit:
遮蔽；覆盖；隐藏
Visitors havecomplainedabout thescaffoldingthat shroudshalfthecastle.游客们抱怨脚手架遮蔽了半个城堡。
Suddenly all thelightswent out and thehousewas shroudedindarkness.突然，所有的灯都灭了，房子笼罩在一片黑暗中。
Themistshrouding thevalleyhadliftedby eight o'clock.笼罩着山谷的薄雾到8点时散去了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hiding and disguising
  • be holed upidiom
  • booby trap
  • camo
  • camouflage
  • camouflaged
  • cloak
  • drown
  • hiding
  • hit the deckidiom
  • hole up (somewhere)
  • illusion
  • incognito
  • obscure
  • secrete
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • sidle
  • skulk
  • smokescreen
  • tuck
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Idiom

be shrouded in secrecy/mystery
(Definition ofshroudfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shroud| American Dictionary

shroud
noun[C]
us
/ʃrɑʊd/
aclothused towrapadeadbodybefore it isburied
A shroud is also anything thatcovers:
Heclearedtheleafyshroudcoveringthesign.
shroud
verb[T]
us
/ʃrɑʊd/
tocoverorhidesomething:
Themountainswere shrouded infog.
Thefateof theexploreris shrouded inmystery.
(Definition ofshroudfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshroud

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Rather, the large attendance and emotional ' success ' of such funerals shrouds the death's shameful character.
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The origins of its are not shrouded in much mystery.
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The thing lies shrouded, invisible, in thousand-fold hallucinations.
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The vision he presents is one shrouded in gloom and fatalism.
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They help us to contextualize in vivid detail a life shrouded in hearsay, myth, and outright propaganda.
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Despite the promise of embryonic stem cell research using cloned embryos, challenging social, political, and legal questions have shrouded that issue with controversy.
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The nature of the evolution of local schemes to develop advanced levels of practice is often complex and shrouded in historical and political conflict.
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The policy process was shrouded in secrecy and this sometimes led to struggles between politicians and civil servants, the ultimate implementers of government programmes.
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She sets out to illuminate the side of nature which is defined by being perpetually shrouded in darkness.
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In the meantime, the precise contours of their relationship remains, like everything else in this poem, shrouded from view.
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Although a clear definitional distinction can be made between shreading, shredding or shrouding and pollarding, we cannot be certain that the authors used the two terms consistently.
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A not uncommon misconception about jazz is that players extemporise their music out of nothingness, that jazz improvisation is unbounded by recognisable rules, a sonic expatiation shrouded in mystery.
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Cotton and agave fibers and at least two other tentatively identified fiber types are associated with the interments and represent clothing, burial shrouds, and personal accoutrements.
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Although virulent clonal groups arise, diversify and decay throughout the years through genetic recombination, immune selection and mutation [15, 18, 24, 39, 40], the dynamics of meningococcal carriage remains shrouded.
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The burning of the cooperative building is still shrouded in mystery, but some people believe that the building was torched by guerrillas who regarded cooperatives as symbols of colonial exploitation.
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