单词 | shroud |
释义 | shroud n. & v. --n   1. a sheetlike garment for wrapping a corpse for burial.   2. anything that conceals like a shroud (wrapped in a shroud of mystery).   3. (in pl.) Naut. a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging and supporting the mast or topmast. --vtr.   1. clothe (a body) for burial.   2. cover, conceal, or disguise (hills shrouded in mist). Phrases and idioms shroud-laid (of a rope) having four strands laid right-handed on a core. Derivatives shroudless adj. Etymology: OE scrud f. Gmc: see SHRED |
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