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BNC: 6563 COCA: 8441

cloak

Word family 
Related topics: Clothes
cloak1 /kləʊk $ kloʊk/ ●○○ noun  
1. [countableC]DCC a warm piece of clothing like a coat without sleeves that hangs loosely from your shoulders 斗篷，披风
2  [singular]HIDE/NOT SHOW an organization, activity, or way of behaving that deliberately protects someone or keeps something secret 伪装；掩盖物；幌子
cloak of
 the cloak of secrecy around the affair
该事件保密的外衣
cloak for
 The political party is used as a cloak for terrorist activities.
这个政党被用作搞恐怖活动的幌子。
under the cloak of something
 prejudice hiding under the cloak of religion
打着宗教旗号的偏见
Examples from the Corpus
cloak• Darkness threw a cloak over my strangeness, so that people let me pass with a nod or a softly called greeting.• At one moment we see a little boy dressed in a black cloak gliding along.• I can really see Cadfael rattling round in his black cloak, taking a short cut on his errands round the town.• As I said she wore a mask, and a rich black cloak with white lambswool trimmings.• After you had slain the lady, you took one of her cloaks as well as the ring from her finger.• It was almost warm, and Riven hung his cloak by the saddle bow.• Corbett gagged at the bitter-sweet smell of corruption and covered his mouth and nose with his cloak to prevent himself choking.• The snow was begin-ning to stick to my cloak.
cloak for• The group uses a charity organization as a cloak for terrorist activities.
cloak2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  HIDE/NOT SHOWto deliberately hide facts, feelings etc so that people do not see or understand them – used especially in news reports 掩盖，掩饰〔事实、情感等；尤用于新闻报道〕
be cloaked in secrecy/mystery
 The talks have been cloaked in secrecy.
会谈是秘密进行的。
2  literaryCOVER to cover something, for example with darkness or snow 笼罩，遮盖
be cloaked in something
 hills cloaked in mist
雾霭笼罩的群山
n Grammar
Cloak is usually passive.
—cloaked adjectiveadj
 The riders were cloaked (=they wore cloaks).
骑手们穿着披风。
Examples from the Corpus
cloak• And he has laid himself wide open to the kind of criticism that will cloak him in a dark shroud of misery.• 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.• Evening twilight soon spread over the ocean and we were cloaked in the security of darkness.• Though once cloaked in the trappings of the occult, conversations with local psychics suggest a slightly more psychotherapeutic approach.• The fire crackled and cloaked my advance.• Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption, self-interest and deceit.• The hills behind my house are cloaked with three separate quilts.
Origin cloak1
(1200-1300) Old North French cloque “bell, cloak”, from Medieval Latin clocca “bell” ( → CLOCK1); because of its shape
cloak1 nouncloak2 verb →n GRAMMAR1
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BNC: 6563 COCA: 8441
cloak

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CLOAK | CLOAK + VERB ADJECTIVE➤heavy, thick厚厚的斗篷▸➤hooded連帽斗篷➤black, dark, etc.黑色、深色等斗篷➤ragged, tattered破爛的／襤褸的斗篷➤velvet, wool, woollen/woolen, etc.天鵝絨、羊毛等斗篷VERB + CLOAK➤be wrapped in裹在斗篷裏▸➤drape, throw披斗篷◇She threw a heavy cloak over her shoulders.她把一件厚重的斗篷披到肩上。➤draw, pull, wrap拽斗篷；拉斗篷；裹上斗篷◇He pulled his cloak tightly around himself.他把斗篷緊緊裹在身上。➤remove, throw off脫下斗篷CLOAK + VERB➤billow, flow, flutter, fly, sweep, swirl斗篷鼓起來／飄拂／飄動／飛揚／拖曳／飛旋◇a flowing black cloak飄動的黑色斗篷◇She stormed off, her cloak flying behind her.她氣呼呼地衝了出去，斗篷在身後飛揚。  ➡ topic at clothes
BNC: 6563 COCA: 8441
cloak noun
⇨ coat
BNC: 6563 COCA: 8441
cloak
Jackets and coats: anorak, Barbour, blazer...
Layers and coverings: surface, cover, layer...
To hide, or to hide something: hide, cover, obscure...
To cover something: cover, wrap, coat...

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