cloak 音标拼音: [kl'ok]
n . 斗蓬,宽大外衣,掩护
vt . 遮掩,隐匿,披斗蓬
斗蓬,宽大外衣,掩护遮掩,隐匿,披斗蓬
cloak n 1 :
anything that covers or conceals 2 :
a loose outer garment v 1 :
hide under a false appearance ; "
He masked his disappointment " [
synonym : {
dissemble }, {
cloak }, {
mask }]
2 :
cover as if with clothing ; "
the mountain was clothed in tropical trees " [
synonym : {
clothe }, {
cloak }, {
drape }, {
robe }]
3 :
cover with or as if with a cloak ; "
cloaked monks "
Cloak \
Cloak \ (
kl [=
o ]
k ;
110 ),
n . [
Of .
cloque cloak (
from the bell -
like shape ),
bell ,
F .
cloche bell ;
perh .
of Celtic origin and the same word as E .
clock .
See 1st {
Clock }.]
1 .
A loose outer garment ,
extending from the neck downwards ,
and commonly without sleeves .
It is longer than a cape ,
and is worn both by men and by women .
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2 .
That which conceals ;
a disguise or pretext ;
an excuse ;
a fair pretense ;
a mask ;
a cover .
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No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
--
South .
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{
Cloak bag },
a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried ;
a portmanteau . --
Shak .
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Cloak \
Cloak \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Cloaked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Cloaking }.]
To cover with ,
or as with ,
a cloak ;
hence ,
to hide or conceal .
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Now glooming sadly ,
so to cloak her matter . --
Spenser .
Syn :
See {
Palliate }.
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148 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cloak ":
alibi ,
apology ,
apply to ,
arm ,
armor ,
becloud ,
befog ,
blanket ,
bless ,
blind ,
block ,
bonnet ,
boot ,
breech ,
camouflage ,
canopy ,
cap ,
cape ,
champion ,
clothe ,
cloud ,
coat ,
coif ,
color ,
compass about ,
conceal ,
concealment ,
cope ,
copyright ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover up ,
cover -
up ,
coverage ,
covering ,
covert ,
coverture ,
cowl ,
cowling ,
curtain ,
cushion ,
defend ,
device ,
disguise ,
dissemble ,
dissimulate ,
distract attention from ,
drape ,
drapery ,
dress up ,
eclipse ,
ensconce ,
enshroud ,
ensure ,
envelop ,
excuse ,
facade ,
face ,
feint ,
fence ,
fend ,
film ,
frock ,
front ,
gloss ,
gloss over ,
gown ,
guarantee ,
guard ,
guise ,
handle ,
hanging ,
harbor ,
hat ,
haven ,
hide ,
hood ,
housing ,
insure ,
jacket ,
keep ,
keep from harm ,
keep under cover ,
lame excuse ,
lay on ,
lay over ,
locus standi ,
make safe ,
mantle ,
mask ,
muffle ,
nestle ,
obduce ,
obfuscate ,
obscure ,
occult ,
ostensible motive ,
overcoat ,
overlay ,
overspread ,
pall ,
patent ,
police ,
poncho ,
poor excuse ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
protect ,
protestation ,
public motive ,
put on ,
put -
off ,
refuge ,
register ,
ride shotgun for ,
robe ,
safeguard ,
screen ,
scum ,
secure ,
semblance ,
shade ,
sham ,
shelter ,
shield ,
shirt ,
shoe ,
show ,
shroud ,
slur over ,
smoke screen ,
sock ,
spread over ,
stalking -
horse ,
stocking ,
stratagem ,
subterfuge ,
superimpose ,
superpose ,
trick ,
underwrite ,
varnish ,
veil ,
veneer ,
vestment ,
whitewash ,
wrap Cloak an upper garment , "
an exterior tunic ,
wide and long ,
reaching to the ankles ,
but without sleeves " (
Isa .
59 :
17 ).
The word so rendered is elsewhere rendered "
robe "
or "
mantle ."
It was worn by the high priest under the ephod (
Ex .
28 :
31 ),
by kings and others of rank (
1 Sam .
15 :
27 ;
Job 1 :
20 ;
2 :
12 ),
and by women (
2 Sam .
13 :
18 ).
The word translated "
cloke ",
i .
e .,
outer garment ,
in Matt .
5 :
40 is in its plural form used of garments in general (
Matt .
17 :
2 ;
26 :
65 ).
The cloak mentioned here and in Luke 6 :
29 was the Greek himation ,
Latin pallium ,
and consisted of a large square piece of wollen cloth fastened round the shoulders ,
like the abba of the Arabs .
This could be taken by a creditor (
Ex .
22 :
26 ,
27 ),
but the coat or tunic (
Gr .
chiton )
mentioned in Matt .
5 :
40 could not .
The cloak which Paul "
left at Troas " (
2 Tim .
4 :
13 )
was the Roman paenula ,
a thick upper garment used chiefly in travelling as a protection from the weather .
Some ,
however ,
have supposed that what Paul meant was a travelling -
bag .
In the Syriac version the word used means a bookcase . (
See {
Dress }.)
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