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单词 cloaked
释义
cloakcloak2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
cloak
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycloak
he, she, itcloaks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycloaked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave cloaked
he, she, ithas cloaked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad cloaked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill cloak
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have cloaked
Continuous Form
PresentIam cloaking
he, she, itis cloaking
you, we, theyare cloaking
PastI, he, she, itwas cloaking
you, we, theywere cloaking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been cloaking
he, she, ithas been cloaking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been cloaking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be cloaking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been cloaking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And he has laid himself wide open to the kind of criticism that will cloak him in a dark shroud of misery.
  • Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption, self-interest and deceit.
  • Evening twilight soon spread over the ocean and we were cloaked in the security of darkness.
  • It also ensures that the city is permanently cloaked in a stinking cloud of smoke and dust.
  • Often they are cloaked in the respectability of scientific terminology or social acceptability.
  • The fire crackled and cloaked my advance.
  • The hills behind my house are cloaked with three separate quilts.
  • Though once cloaked in the trappings of the occult, conversations with local psychics suggest a slightly more psychotherapeutic approach.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.
1to deliberately hide facts, feelings etc so that people do not see or understand them – used especially in news reportsbe cloaked in secrecy/mystery The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.2literary to cover something, for example with darkness or snowbe cloaked in something hills cloaked in mistGRAMMAR Cloak is usually passive.cloaked adjective:  The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).
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