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单词 cloak
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noun | verb
cloakcloak1 /kloʊk/ ●○○ noun Etymology Collocations 1[countable] a warm piece of clothing like a coat that hangs loosely from your shoulders and does not have sleeves, worn mainly in past times2[singular] an organization, activity, or way of behaving that deliberately protects someone or keeps something secret: cloak of A cloak of secrecy surrounds their decision-making process. They hid their prejudice under the cloak of patriotism. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old North French cloque bell, cloak, from Medieval Latin clocca bell; because of its shape]
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cloakcloak2 verb [transitive usually passive] Verb Table Collocations 1to deliberately hide facts, feelings, etc. so that people do not see or understand them:  Almost all military operations at the time were cloaked in secrecy.2be cloaked in darkness/rust/snow etc. literary covered in darkness, snow, etc.:  hills cloaked in mist
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