英语词汇“shroud”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	shroud
释义	shroud —shroudless, adj. —shroudlike, adj. /shrowd/, n. 1. a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial. 2. something that covers or conceals like a garment: a shroud of rain. 3. Naut. any of a number of taut ropes or wires converging from both sides on the head of a lower or upper mast of the outer end of a bowsprit to steady it against lateral sway: a part of the standing rigging. 4. Also called shroud line. Aeron. any of a number of suspension cords of a parachute attaching the load to the canopy. 5. Also called shrouding. Mach. a. (on a nonmetallic gear) an extended metal rim enclosing the ends of the teeth on either side. b. (on a water wheel) one of two rings of boards or plates enclosing the buckets at their ends. 6. Rocketry. a cone-shaped shield that protects the payload of a launch vehicle. v.t. 7. to wrap or clothe for burial; enshroud. 8. to cover; hide from view. 9. to veil, as in obscurity or mystery: They shrouded their past lives in an effort to forget. 10. to provide (a water wheel) with a shroud. 11. Obs. to shelter. v.i. 12. Archaic. to take shelter. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME; OE scrud; c. ON skruth; akin to SHRED; (v.) ME shrouden, deriv. of the n.; r. ME shriden, OE scrydan, deriv. of scrud] Syn. 1. winding sheet. 8. conceal, screen.
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