cloak

英 [kl??k] 美[klok]

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復(fù)數(shù):?cloaks;第三人稱單數(shù):?cloaks;過去式:?cloaked;過去分詞:?cloaked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?cloaking;形容詞:?cloaked;

1. originally "travelers' cape," literally "a bell," so called from the garment's bell-like shape.
2. clock => cloak.
3. 有一門武功叫“金鐘罩”，是對此非常形象、生動的寫照。

cloak 斗蓬

來自clock,因形似鐘而得名。

cloak (n.): late 13c., "long, loose outer garment," from Old North French cloque (Old French cloche, cloke) "travelling cloak," from Medieval Latin clocca "travelers' cape," literally "a bell," so called from the garment's bell-like shape (the word is thus a doublet of clock (n.1)). An article of everyday wear in England through 16c., somewhat revived 19c. as a fashion garment. Cloak-and-dagger (adj.) attested from 1848, said to be ultimately translating French de cape et d'épée, suggestive of stealthy violence and intrigue.
Other "cloak and dagger pieces," as Bouterwek tells us the Spaniards call their intriguing comedies, might be tried advantageously in the night, .... ["Levana; or the Doctrine of Education," English translation, London, 1848]
cloak (v.): c. 1500, from cloak (n.). Figuratively from 1540s. Related: Cloaked; cloaking.

1. She was released from prison in a cloak and dagger operation yesterday.: 在昨天的一次秘密行動中她從監(jiān)獄獲釋。

2. Preparations for the wedding were made under a cloak of secrecy.: 婚禮的準備工作是秘密進行的。