shroud
shroud 英 [ʃraʊd] 美 [ʃraʊd]
n. 寿衣；覆盖物；船的横桅索；[电] 护罩 vt. 覆盖；包以尸衣
进行时:shrouding 过去式:shrouded 过去分词:shrouded 第三人称单数:shrouds 名词复数:shrouds
- 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.
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- n. 寿衣；覆盖物；船的横桅索；[电] 护罩
- vt. 覆盖；包以尸衣
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1. He saw the sad nightingales nodding on the branches and they reminded him of his mother. A gray shroud fell over the city.
他见过悲伤的夜莺在枝头打盹,这些让他想起他的母亲，灰色的寿衣落在这城市。
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2. Despite many scientific investigations, no one has yet been able to explain how the image has been imprinted on the shroud and despite many attempts, no one has managed to replicate it.
尽管做了很多科学研究，但是至今还是没有人可以解释为什么在裹尸布上会留下印记，人们也做了很多的尝试，但还是没有人可以成功复制它。
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3. The faker of the shroud had to be a heretic.
裹尸布的耶稣遗像伪造者必定是个异教徒。
- shroud (n.) Old English scrud "a garment, clothing, dress," from West Germanic *skruthan, from Proto-Germanic *skrud- "cut" (source also of Old Norse skruð "shrouds of a ship, tackle, gear; furniture of a church," Danish, Swedish skrud "dress, attire"), from PIE *skreu- "to cut" (see shred (n.)).
- shroud (v.) c. 1300, "to clothe, to cover, protect," from Old English scrydan, scridan "to clothe, dress;" see shroud (n.). Meaning "to hide from view, conceal" (transitive) is attested from early 15c. Related: Shrouded; shrouding.
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