shroud
英 [ʃraʊd]
美 [ʃraʊd]
n. 壽衣；覆蓋物；船的橫桅索；[電] 護罩
vt. 覆蓋；包以屍衣
中文詞源：
shroud 覆蓋物，遮蔽物
來自古英語 scrud,一件衣服，遮蓋物，來自 West-Germanic*skrud,切，剪，來自 PIE*sker,切， 剪，詞源同 shred,shear.引申詞義遮蓋物，遮蔽物等。
例句：
1. The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
2. A shroud of secrecy surrounds the plan.
這個計劃神秘莫測.
3. You will have no pockets in your shroud.
你死後帶不走財產.
4. Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy.
部長們都一如既往地迫切想要將他們的行動搞得神神秘秘的。
5. His past was enveloped in a shroud of mystery.
他的過去被裹上一層神秘色彩.
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