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    A cloak is a loose piece of clothing without sleeves that hangs from the shoulders and covers the body, like a long cape — you see them in old paintings, fantasy stories, and some traditional or ceremonial clothing today. As a verb, 'to cloak' something means to hide or disguise it, often something secret or dishonest — 'the plan was cloaked in secrecy.'

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組成from Old French 'cloque', meaning 'bell' — early cloaks were shaped like a bell

同家族的字

  • clockboth 'cloak' and 'clock' come from the same old word for 'bell' — early clocks rang bells, and early cloaks were bell-shaped

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cloaknoun/kləʊk/

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    A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

    • ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
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    A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

    • Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
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    That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

    • For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]
    • And no Man is eſteemed any ways conſiderable for Policy, who wears Religion otherwiſe than as a Cloak; that is, as ſuch a Garment as may both cover and keep him warm, and yet hang looſe upon him too.
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    A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

cloakverb/kləʊk/

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    To cover as with or like a cloak.

    • He would hold her, just hold her, while his hands soothed the bare skin of her arms and the delicate fabric that cloaked her shoulders and her back.
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    To cover up, hide or conceal.

    • It’s possible that some microbes don’t just take up residence in tumors but help them grow. They may cloak the tumor from the immune system, neutralize drugs or help tumors spread through the body.
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    literaturemediapublishingTo render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

    • The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。