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- a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial裹尸布, 寿衣：
he was buried in a linen shroud.
他下葬时穿着亚麻布寿衣。
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- figurative a thing that envelops or obscures something〈喻〉遮蔽物; 幕; 罩：
a shroud of mist
雾幕
they operate behind a shroud of secrecy.
他们是在保密状态下行动的。
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- technical a protective casing or cover〈技〉罩; 护罩; 管套。
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shrouds
a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast（船桅或中桅的）左右支索, 侧支索。
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- （亦作shroud line）each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness（降落伞的）吊伞索。
with obj.
1- wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial用裹尸布裹（尸体）; 给…穿寿衣。
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- figurative cover or envelop so as to conceal from view〈喻〉覆盖; 遮蔽; 隐藏; 掩盖：
mountains shrouded by cloud
被云遮蔽的高山
the mystery which shrouds the origins of the universe.
尚未揭开的宇宙起源之谜。
词源
late Old English scrūd 'garment, clothing', of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'cut'; related to SHRED. An early sense of the verb (Middle English) was 'cover so as to protect'.