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cloak/kləʊk/ n. & v.●n. 1 an outdoor overgarment, usu. sleeveless, hanging loosely from the shoulders 斗篷，披风 2 a covering 遮盖物，覆盖物 cloak of snow 一层覆盖的积雪 3 (in pl. 用复数) Brit. [英] = CLOAKROOM 2 ●v. tr. 1 cover with a cloak 披上斗篷；用斗篷覆盖 2 conceal, disguise 掩盖；伪装 □ under the cloak of using as a pretext 以…为借口(托辞) [Middle English from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape) from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’: see CLOCK1] |