shrouding [机] 围板
Shrouding \Shroud"ing\, n.
The shrouds. See {Shroud}, n., 7.
Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr?dan. See {Shroud}, n.]
1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a
winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
--Bacon.
2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
shroud four hundred horsemen. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
Some tempest rise,
And blow out all the stars that light the skies,
To shroud my shame. --Dryden.
- Because of the military nature of the flight, the Pentagon is shrouding many details in secrecy.
- Shells exploded all day near the hilltop village of Jarjou, shrouding the wooded slopes with smoke and fire.
- They shed the anonymity customarily shrouding rape victims hoping to provoke changes in a complex and sluggish judicial system they say favors defendants.
- But because of the sudden uncertainty shrouding the U.S. market, the big conglomerate may turn conservative, shelve the expansion and use its cash to pay down debt.