shroud是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The general ended up being shrouded in a foreign land.

将军最后在异乡马革裹尸。

(2)I will make a shroud for her with my thread and needle.

我将用我的针线为她做寿衣。

(3)A parked car was covered in a shroud of gray snow.

一辆停着的汽车身上覆着一层灰白色积雪。

(4)Everything was covered in a thick shroud of dust.

所有东西上都积了厚厚的一层尘土

(5)The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.

这个组织笼罩着一种诡秘的气氛。

(6)For your mother in her shroud.

为裹着尸布—你们的母亲。

(7)I'll make the shroud.

我会来做寿衣。

(8)Remove the lower shroud.

拆去下保护罩。

(9)Better in silk to shroud your petals fair.

也许用丝锦来包裹你的花瓣会更好些。

同义词

n. 寿衣；覆盖物；船的横桅索；护罩

vt. 覆盖；包以尸衣

释义

n.

a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial

裹尸布，寿衣

he was buried in a linen shroud.

他下葬时穿着亚麻布寿衣。

figurative a thing that envelops or obscures something

〈喻〉 遮蔽物；幕；罩

a shroud of mist

雾幕

they operate behind a shroud of secrecy.

他们是在保密状态下行动的。

technical a protective casing or cover

〈技〉 　罩；护罩；管套。

(shrouds)a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast

（船桅或中桅的）左右支索，侧支索。

(亦作shroud line)each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness

（降落伞的）吊伞索。

v.

wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial

用裹尸布裹（尸体）；给…穿寿衣。

figurative cover or envelop so as to conceal from view

〈喻〉 覆盖；遮蔽；隐藏；掩盖

mountains shrouded by cloud

被云遮蔽的高山

the mystery which shrouds the origins of the universe.

尚未揭开的宇宙起源之谜。

词源

"late Old English scrūd ‘garment, clothing', of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘cut'; related to SHRED. An early sense of the verb （Middle English） was ‘cover so as to protect’."