cloak

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out. 斗篷
2. N-SING A cloak of something such as mist or snow completely covers and hides something. (如霧雪的) 掩蓋
Today most of New England will be under a cloak of thick mist. 今天新英格蘭大部分地區(qū)會(huì)在濃霧的籠罩中。
3. N-SING If you refer to something as a cloak, you mean that it is intended to hide the truth about something. 幌子
Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy. 婚禮的準(zhǔn)備工作是在秘密的掩飾中進(jìn)行的。