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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   shroud

   • IPA[SHroud]

   美式

   • n.
     a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial；a protective casing or cover
   • v.
     wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial；cover or envelop so as to conceal from view

   • verb: shroud, 3rd person present: shrouds, gerund or present participle: shrouding, past tense: shrouded, past participle: shrouded

   • noun: shroud, plural noun: shrouds

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial he was buried in a linen shroud 同義詞 winding sheet, grave clothes, burial clothes, cerements, chrisom
   • ▪ technical a protective casing or cover the trigger shroud prevents snagging on clothing
   • 2. a thing that envelops or obscures something a shroud of mist they operate behind a shroud of secrecy 同義詞 covering, cover, pall, cloak, mask, ... 更多mantle, blanket, sheet, layer, overlay, envelope, cloud, veil, screen, curtain, canopy
   • 3. a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing vessel and supporting the mast from the sides.
   • ▪ each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial the body was washed and shrouded
   • 2. cover or envelop so as to conceal from view mountains shrouded by cloud the mystery that shrouds the origins of the universe