shroud
n. 尸衣, 寿衣, 覆盖物, (船的)横桅索 vt. 包以尸衣, 遮蔽, 隐藏, 覆盖
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1.
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
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2.
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
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3.
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
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A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
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One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.
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One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
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A streamlined protective covering used to protect the payload during a rocket-powered launch.
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The branching top of a tree; foliage.
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To cover with a shroud.
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To conceal or hide from view, as if by a shroud.
The details of the plot were shrouded in mystery.
The truth behind their weekend retreat was shrouded in obscurity.
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To take shelter or harbour.
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To lop the branches from (a tree).
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From Middle English shroud, from Old English sċrūd, from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą. Cognate with Old Norse skrúð (“the shrouds of a ship”) ( > Danish, Norwegian skrud (“splendid attire”)).
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