shroud

英[ʃraʊd]美[ʃraʊd]
  • n. 寿衣；裹尸布；覆盖物
  • v. 用某物覆盖或遮蔽某物

    • 记忆方法

    谐音记忆法
    谐音：尸绕的（缠绕尸体用的），所以引申为词义：尸布；遮蔽物
    词源记忆法
    词源记忆法：来自古英语scrud，一件衣服，遮盖物，来自West-Germanic*skrud，切，剪，来自PIE*sker，切，剪，词源同shred，shear.引申词义遮盖物，遮蔽物等。
      noun(名词)
      1. 裹尸布
      2. 遮蔽物；罩；幕
      3. 谜局
      verb(动词)
      1. 遮蔽；覆盖；隐藏

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 裹尸布
    2. 遮蔽物；罩；幕

      Everything was covered in a thick shroud of dust.

      所有东西上都积了厚厚的一层尘土。

    3. 谜局

      The truth about the accident remains hidden beneath a shroud of secrecy.

      事故的真相一直是个谜。

    verb(动词)
    1. 遮蔽；覆盖；隐藏

      Visitors have complained about the scaffolding that shrouds half the castle.

      游客们抱怨脚手架遮蔽了半个城堡。

      Suddenly all the lights went out and the house was shrouded in darkness.

      突然，所有的灯都灭了，房子笼罩在一片黑暗中。

      The mist shrouding the valley had lifted by eight o'clock.

      笼罩着山谷的薄雾到8点时散去了。

    小知识

    Are the rules of calculus shrouded in mystery to you? The verb shroud means to hide or cover something or someone. The fog might shroud the valley, or that long-sleeved, ankle-length dress might shroud the tan you worked so hard on in Mexico over Christmas break.

    It used to be that corpses were dressed for burial not in person’s best outfit but in a shroud — a garment, often white, made to cover the body. When ghosts, zombies or mummies are depicted in rags, they are wearing the remains of their burial shrouds. If you should hide from them by covering yourself with an abandoned tarp, you will be shrouding yourself from sight.

    实用短语

    1. shroud of turin

      都灵圣体裹尸布

    2. air shroud

      风扇盖,电扇盖,挡风板,空气罩

    3. shroud ring

      护环,箍环,围带,覆环

    4. dusk shroud

      灰暮寿衣,灰幕寿衣

    5. shroud drain mast

      排放管罩

    6. cascading shroud

      湍降遮罩,和隐身差不多

    7. the shroud

      小寿衣,裹尸布,精勇农夫

    8. funnel shroud

      烟囱支索,烟囱支索烟囱稳索

    单词用法

    变化形式
    复数： shrouds第三人称单数： shrouds过去式： shrouded过去分词： shrouded现在分词： shrouding

    同义词

    vt.覆盖;掩蔽

    veil  /  screen  /  cover  /  conceal  /  cloak

    其他释义

    blanket  /  rope  /  conceal  /  covering  /  veil  /  screen  /  shade  /  cloak  /  cover