shroud

linceul

Tissu dans lequel on enveloppe le corps d’une personne morte avant son enterrement.

En anglais simple : A cloth used to wrap a dead person’s body before burial.

• They wrapped the body in a shroud.
• A white shroud covered the dead woman.
• The museum displays burial shrouds from ancient graves.

Synonymes : winding sheet, burial cloth

Expressions courantes : burial shroud, white shroud, linen shroud

housse, carter

Enveloppe qui cache, recouvre ou protège quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A covering that hides, clothes, or protects something.

• A metal shroud covers the fan.
• Remove the protective shroud before repairing the motor.
• The machine's shroud keeps dust away from its moving parts.

Synonymes : cover, covering, casing

Expressions courantes : protective shroud, fan shroud, metal shroud

voile, manteau

Quelque chose, comme le brouillard ou l’obscurité, qui semble recouvrir ou cacher un lieu ou un objet.

En anglais simple : Something, such as fog or darkness, that seems to cover or hide a place or thing.

• A shroud of fog covered the town.
• The mountains disappeared beneath a shroud of cloud.
• Investigators tried to lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding the case.

Comment l'utiliser : shroud of something (A shroud of mist hid the hills.)

Synonymes : veil, blanket, cloak

Expressions courantes : shroud of mist, shroud of darkness, shroud of secrecy

abri, refuge

Lieu couvert, comme une grotte ou une pièce souterraine, où l’on peut trouver refuge.

En anglais simple : A covered place, such as a cave or underground room, where someone can find shelter.

• They found a shroud beneath the rocks.
• The traveller rested in a shroud beside the cave entrance.
• That hidden shroud protected them from the storm.

Synonymes : shelter, refuge, retreat

Expressions courantes : rocky shroud, a sheltered shroud

voiler, dissimuler

Cacher quelque chose à la vue ou empêcher les gens d’en avoir connaissance.

En anglais simple : To hide something from sight or prevent people from knowing about it.

• Fog shrouded the valley.
• The reasons for his departure remain shrouded in mystery.
• Dark clouds were shrouding the mountain peaks.

Comment l'utiliser : be shrouded in something (The disappearance is shrouded in mystery.); shroud something in something (Officials shrouded the talks in secrecy.)

Synonymes : hide, conceal, veil, obscure

Contraires : reveal, expose

Expressions courantes : shroud in mystery, shroud in secrecy, shroud in mist

ensevelir, envelopper

Couvrir de tissu, notamment envelopper le corps d’une personne morte avant de l’enterrer.

En anglais simple : To cover something with cloth, especially to wrap a dead person’s body for burial.

• They shrouded the body before burial.
• The dead soldier was shrouded in plain cloth.
• Women gently shrouded the bodies for the funeral.

Comment l'utiliser : shroud someone/something in something (They shrouded the body in white linen.)

Synonymes : wrap, cover, envelop

Contraires : uncover

Expressions courantes : shroud a body, shroud in linen, shroud the dead

s'abriter, se réfugier

Trouver une protection ou un endroit où séjourner, notamment contre le mauvais temps.

En anglais simple : To find protection or a place to stay, especially from bad weather.

• We shrouded beneath the trees.
• The shepherd shrouded in a cave during the storm.
• They shrouded from the rain under a rocky ledge.

Comment l'utiliser : shroud beneath something (The travellers shrouded beneath a great oak.)

Synonymes : shelter, take refuge

Expressions courantes : shroud beneath something, shroud in something