英语词汇“cloak”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	cloak
释义	cloak I. \ˈklōk\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English cloke, from Old North French cloque cloak, bell, from Medieval Latin clocca bell; from the bell-like shape — more at clock 1. : a loose outer garment (as a cape or an overcoat) 2. : something resembling or suggesting an outer garment: as a. : a distinctive character or role < laying aside the cloak of military commander > < a cloak of martyrdom had no appeal for the rebel leader > b. : an encompassing veil serving to exclude interruption or interference < a cloak of secrecy around ships' movements > < himself in a cloak of heavy thoughtfulness — Hamilton Basso > c. : a deceptive pretense or disguise to screen an unpalatable fact, devious action, or ulterior design < use by the unscrupulous of watchwords of western democracy as a cloak > < of a populace using liberty as a cloak for an attack upon order and stability — John Dewey > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to cover with or as if with a cloak < the inside of the church was cloaked with black drapes > < hills cloaked with heather > 2. a. : hide, disguise, screen < preparations cloaked in secrecy > < cloaked by diplomatic immunity > < the attack upon Germany appeared to cloak an assault upon China — F.L.Paxson > b. : to clothe in a given often false or misleading form or appearance < the stories … perhaps cloak in symbolic form an old quarrel — Catharine McClellan > < self-assurance cloaked by a quiet, repressed, and rather deadly manner — W.A.White > Synonyms: see disguise
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