cloak的意思|cloak的解释-里氏词典

Cloak \Cloak\ (kl[=o]k; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the
bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic
origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st {Clock}.]
1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards,
and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape,
and is worn both by men and by women.

2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a
fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy
who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
--South.

{Cloak bag}, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are
carried; a portmanteau. --Shak.

Cloak \Cloak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Cloaking}.]
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or
conceal.

Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. --Spenser.

Syn: See {Palliate}.

GOP campaign spokesmen said the Democrats are just trying to cloak their liberal intentions.
The cloak of secrecy the participants have sought has been pierced so badly that the unlisted phone number of the Republican staff's fax machine at Andrews had to be changed last week because it was being flooded by messages from lobbyists.
"I always thought it was a cloak," Rand said Tuesday. "I'd better go look at it again." Meshberger said his conclusion is obvious - particularly if you studied a picture of the fresco following classes on dissecting a human brain.
His new autobiography, "Moonwalk," hopes to rip through that cloak.
It has thrown off its Maoist cloak and put on its make-up and smart clothes.
An elderly, bearded man in a cloak fashioned from a patchwork of Japanese kimonos moves slowly toward a chair at the center of a bare stage.
The chairman of a House oversight panel warned that defense contractors may be misusing national-security restrictions on top-secret projects to cloak internal problems and mislead investors about financial results.
He added: "Now the same company who so effectively wore the cloak of deceit purports to don the mantle of respectability by blaming its abuses on others."
Col. Yasine wraps his cloak tight and settles in for a few hours of sleep before the sentries gather for the dawn prayer in their makeshift mosque.
It's time that George Bush stop hiding behind the cloak of his "loyalty" to President Reagan and establish his own identity.
The queen, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, wore a feather cloak in the hot sun.
"She came down the stairs one day, right in front of me," Shaw says. "She was about 10 years, with a cloak covering her face.
It all was done under the cloak of "Torrijismo," but the garment did not fit Noriega well.
But the Bush campaign was making no effort to cloak its candidate in the traditions of Labor Day.
To connive at atrocities for reasons of realpolitik concealed under the cloak of pseudo-pacifism is to bring it into disrepute. It may now be too late to provide the Bosnian government with effective means of self-defence.
The centurion assigned to arrest Jesus drew his red-tinged cloak tighter about his shoulders, still waiting for the temple crew.
Ms. Bhutto has tried to cloak herself in Islamic traditions, but also has spoken out strongly against Zia's brand of Islamization.
An IRS employee who, under a cloak of anonymity, accused the agency of not telling people who neglect to subtract withholding when figuring their taxes went public on network television today and was promised protection by Sen. Albert Gore Jr.
Tradition holds that when Diego opened his cloak to present roses, blooming out of season, to the skeptical bishop as a sign of the truth of his story, the flowers tumbled out and the virgin's image appeared imprinted in their place.
"The escape itself did not feature any cloak and dagger," McDonald said. "Their journey had a lot more daring associated with it." McDonald said they had a good reason to escape when they did.
At home he is self-effacing, sweet-natured and trusting in an almost childlike way. In company he can be garrulous yet elusive, metaphorically diving into the dressing-up box to put on another cloak for another character.
"The government has drawn the cloak of secrecy even more tightly around the operations of the security and intelligence services," says Article 19, an anti-censorship organization.
But at other times, Kissinger seemed to choose the cloak and dagger for their own sake.
The baby was born Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center under cloak of secrecy.
His costume of three-cornered hat, wig, cloak and boots made for a hot ride compared to Revere's, who had the advantage of a cool, clear night and his own clothes.
Pro-competition governments must insist that future handouts are stopped and not disguised under the cloak of privatisation.
The word "death" cannot be escaped entirely by the industry, but salesmen dodge it wherever possible or cloak it in euphemisms, preferring to talk about "savings" and "investment" instead.
"Is it the objective to use negotiations as a cloak to replace the existing order by an ANC regime," he said.
But Bruce J. Hinds emerged Monday from the cloak of secrecy surrounding the radar-evading B-2, as the aircraft itself left its giant hangar and took to the air.
So how did people dress at the Beverly Hills rain forest benefit? Singer Don Henley, who performed at the fund-raiser, said he had visited the cloak room before coming on stage.

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