| 单词 | shroud |
| 释义 | shroud (ʃraʊd ) Word forms: shrouds , shrouding , shrouded 1. countable noun A shroud is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body. 2. countable noun You can refer to something that surrounds an object or situation as a shroud of something. ...a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow. [+ of] Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy. [+ of] Synonyms: covering, veil, mantle, screen 3. verb If something has been shrouded in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available. For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery. [be VERB-ed + in] ...the secrecy which has shrouded the whole affair. [VERB noun] shrouded graded adjective [v-link ADJ in n] His demise is as shrouded in mystery as ever. 4. verb If darkness, fog, or smoke shrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see. Mist shrouded the outline of Buckingham Palace. [VERB noun] Synonyms: conceal, cover, screen, hide shrouded graded adjective [v-link ADJ in n] The area is shrouded in smoke. Collocations: white shroud Builders had been erecting a white shroud which has reached little more than halfway up the 24-storey tower. Times, Sunday Times Villagers later took the body, in a white shroud, to a hospital by pick-up truck. Times, Sunday Times A massive cloud of snow rolled across the city and blotted it out under a white shroud. Times, Sunday Times In the past the dead were traditionally buried in a white shroud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ghosts are said to be the spirits of the dead who, for various reasons, are unable to rest or enter heaven, and so walk the earth in their white shrouds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 裹尸布, 包覆 Japanese: 死に装束, 隠す |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。