shroud
noun
verb
ʃraʊd noun
1 a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person’s body before it is buried 寿衣,裹尸布
2 something that hides or covers something [文] 遮蔽物,覆盖物 literary
The fog rolled in, and a grey shroud covered the city.
大雾滚滚而来,一张灰色的天幕笼罩着这个城市。
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A shroud of silence surrounded the general’s death.
将军的死笼罩在一片肃穆之中。
verb
3 to cover or hide something 覆盖; 遮蔽; 隐藏
Joseph was shrouded under a dark blanket.
约瑟夫盖着一条深色的毯子。
be shrouded in sth
The cliff was shrouded in mist.
峭壁上薄雾笼罩。
4 to keep information secret so that people do not know what really happened 隐瞒,将…保密
be shrouded in sth
The incident has always been shrouded in mystery .
这一事件始终蒙着神秘的色彩。
The work is shrouded in secrecy .
这项工作被严格保密。