shroud 音标拼音: [ʃr'ɑʊd]
n . 寿衣,覆盖物,船之横桅索
vt . 包以尸衣,遮蔽,隐藏,覆盖
寿衣,覆盖物,船之横桅索包以屍衣,遮蔽,隐藏,覆盖
shroud n 1 :
a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute 2 : (
nautical )
a line (
rope or chain )
that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [
synonym : {
sheet },
{
tack }, {
mainsheet }, {
weather sheet }, {
shroud }]
3 :
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [
synonym : {
pall },
{
shroud }, {
cerement }, {
winding -
sheet }, {
winding -
clothes }]
v 1 :
cover as if with a shroud ; "
The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery " [
synonym : {
shroud },
{
enshroud }, {
hide }, {
cover }]
2 :
form a cover like a shroud ; "
Mist shrouded the castle "
3 :
wrap in a shroud ; "
shroud the corpses "
Shrood \
Shrood \,
v .
t . [
Cf . {
Shroud }.] [
Written also {
shroud },
and {
shrowd }.]
To trim ;
to lop . [
Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Shroud \
Shroud \ (
shroud ),
n . [
OE .
shroud ,
shrud ,
schrud ,
AS .
scr [=
u ]
d a garment ,
clothing ;
akin to Icel .
skru [
eth ]
the shrouds of a ship ,
furniture of a church ,
a kind of stuff ,
Sw .
skrud dress ,
attire ,
and E .
shred .
See {
Shred },
and cf .
{
Shrood }.]
1 .
That which clothes ,
covers ,
conceals ,
or protects ;
a garment . --
Piers Plowman .
[
1913 Webster ]
Swaddled ,
as new born ,
in sable shrouds . --
Sandys .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Especially ,
the dress for the dead ;
a winding sheet . "
A dead man in his shroud ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
That which covers or shelters like a shroud .
[
1913 Webster ]
Jura answers through her misty shroud . --
Byron .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter ,
as a cave or den ;
also ,
a vault or crypt . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The shroud to which he won His fair -
eyed oxen . --
Chapman .
[
1913 Webster ]
A vault ,
or shroud ,
as under a church . --
Withals .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
The branching top of a tree ;
foliage . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon ,
with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad . --
Ezek .
xxxi .
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
pl . (
Naut .)
A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts .
The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Mach .)
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel ,
which form the sides of the buckets ;
a shroud plate .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Bowsprit shrouds } (
Naut .),
ropes extending from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel .
{
Futtock shrouds } (
Naut .),
iron rods connecting the topmast rigging with the lower rigging ,
passing over the edge of the top .
{
Shroud plate }.
(
a ) (
Naut .)
An iron plate extending from the dead -
eyes to the ship '
s side . --
Ham .
Nav .
Encyc .
(
b ) (
Mach .)
A shroud .
See def .
7 ,
above .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen besmeared with gums .
--
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cover ,
as with a shroud ;
to protect completely ;
to cover so as to conceal ;
to hide ;
to veil .
[
1913 Webster ]
One of these trees ,
with all his young ones ,
may shroud four hundred horsemen . --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
[
1913 Webster ]
Some tempest rise ,
And blow out all the stars that light the skies ,
To shroud my shame . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shroud \
Shroud \,
v .
i .
To take shelter or harbor . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
If your stray attendance be yet lodged ,
Or shroud within these limits . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shroud \
Shroud \,
v .
t .
To lop .
See {
Shrood }. [
Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
184 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shroud ":
advocate ,
alpenstock ,
apparel ,
arm ,
armor ,
array ,
athletic supporter ,
attire ,
back ,
backbone ,
backing ,
bandeau ,
bearer ,
becloud ,
bedeck ,
bedrape ,
befog ,
blanket ,
bless ,
blind ,
block out ,
box ,
bra ,
brace ,
bracer ,
bracket ,
brassiere ,
bundle up ,
buttress ,
camouflage ,
cane ,
carrier ,
case ,
cerecloth ,
cerement ,
cerements ,
cervix ,
champion ,
cloak ,
close ,
clothe ,
cloud ,
coat ,
compass about ,
conceal ,
copyright ,
corset ,
cover ,
cover up ,
coverage ,
covering ,
covert ,
coverture ,
cowl ,
cowling ,
crate ,
crook ,
crutch ,
curtain ,
cushion ,
deck ,
defend ,
dight ,
disguise ,
dissemble ,
distract attention from ,
drape ,
drapery ,
dress ,
dud ,
eclipse ,
embox ,
embrace ,
encapsulate ,
encase ,
enclose ,
enclothe ,
endue ,
enfold ,
enrobe ,
ensconce ,
enshroud ,
ensure ,
envelop ,
enwrap ,
fence ,
fend ,
foundation garment ,
fulcrum ,
garb ,
garment ,
girdle ,
gloss over ,
graveclothes ,
guarantee ,
guard ,
guise ,
guy ,
guywire ,
habilitate ,
hanging ,
harbor ,
haven ,
hide ,
hood ,
housing ,
insure ,
invest ,
jock ,
jockstrap ,
keep ,
keep from harm ,
keep under cover ,
lap ,
mainstay ,
maintainer ,
make safe ,
mantle ,
mask ,
mast ,
muffle up ,
neck ,
nestle ,
obfuscate ,
obscure ,
obstruct ,
occult ,
pack ,
package ,
pall ,
patent ,
police ,
prop ,
protect ,
rag out ,
raiment ,
register ,
reinforce ,
reinforcement ,
reinforcer ,
rest ,
resting place ,
ride shotgun for ,
rigging ,
robe ,
safeguard ,
screen ,
secure ,
shade ,
sheathe ,
shelter ,
shield ,
shoulder ,
shut off ,
shut out ,
slur over ,
smother ,
spine ,
sprit ,
staff ,
standing rigging ,
stave ,
stay ,
stick ,
stiffener ,
strengthener ,
support ,
supporter ,
surround ,
sustainer ,
swaddle ,
swathe ,
tire ,
underwrite ,
upholder ,
varnish ,
veil ,
vestment ,
walking stick ,
whitewash ,
winding sheet ,
wrap ,
wrap about ,
wrap up
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料: