cloak

noun

/kləʊk/

[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
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- thick
- hooded
- …
verb + cloak
- be wrapped in
- drape
- throw
- …
cloak + verb
- billow
- flow
- flutter
- …
[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.作者喜欢躲在匿名的外衣后面。

词源Middle 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

/kləʊk/

[often passive] (literary)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cloak	/kləʊk/ /kləʊk/
he / she / it cloaks	/kləʊks/ /kləʊks/
past simple cloaked	/kləʊkt/ /kləʊkt/
past participle cloaked	/kləʊkt/ /kləʊkt/
-ing form cloaking	/ˈkləʊkɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊkɪŋ/

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。
词源Middle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock.