詞彙精選:cloak的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
鬥蓬,寬大外衣,披風 [C]
例句:
Dracula appeared draped in a huge cloak.
吸血鬼披著一件大斗篷走了出來。
例句:
He was muffled in a cloak.
他裹在大衣裏。
藉口,掩飾,託詞 [C]
例句:
Some people use patriotism as a cloak for making money.
有的人以愛國爲藉口賺錢。
例句:
They deceived us under the cloak of peace.
他們以和平爲幌子對我們進行欺騙。
v.
遮掩,隱匿 [T]
例句:
The appearance of good will cloak a sinister intention.
友善的外表掩蓋了陰險的企圖。
例句:
You can cloak yourself in shadows or trick foes with illusory forms.
你能在陰影中隱匿自己或用虛幻的形象戲弄敵人。
二、詞義辨析:
disguise,mask,cloak
這些動詞均表示“僞裝”或“掩飾”之意。disguise指改變裝束或外表以掩飾自己的真面目或冒充他人。有時僅指掩飾感情、動機或意圖。mask本義爲“面罩”,引申“掩飾”解時,指掩飾某物的真實性質或存在的僞裝。cloak指採取僞裝來掩蓋或隱藏真實面目或本性或企圖。
三、相關短語:
opera cloak
n. (觀劇或宴會時用的)夜禮服鬥蓬
四、參考例句:
He was muffled in a cloak.
他裹在大衣裏。
a black cloak with gold brocade
織金黑斗篷
Gandalf had a long grey cloak.
甘道夫穿着一身長長的灰色袍子。
They deceived us under the cloak of peace.
他們以和平爲幌子對我們進行欺騙。
The invaders attacked under a cloak of fog.
侵略者在霧色的掩護下發起了進攻。
Some people use patriotism as a cloak for making money.
有的人以愛國爲藉口賺錢。
She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.
她穿着一件紅色帶兜帽的披風。
Its longish hood and two-tone interior cloak a responsive chassis.
它修長的折式車篷和兩種色調的內部裝飾下,隱藏着一個可對駕駛做出靈敏反應的底盤。
The appearance of good will cloak a sinister intention.
友善的外表掩蓋了陰險的企圖。
Her sumptuous cloak is a wisper-edged wonder of olive, ebony and metallic bronze brocade.
她的奢華的斗篷是橄欖色黑色和金屬青銅色的織錦緞。