shroud

sudario, lenzuolo funebre

Telo usato per avvolgere il corpo di una persona morta prima della sepoltura.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: winding sheet, burial cloth

Espressioni comuni: burial shroud, white shroud, linen shroud

copertura, carenatura

Rivestimento che nasconde, ricopre o protegge qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: cover, covering, casing

Espressioni comuni: protective shroud, fan shroud, metal shroud

velo, coltre

Qualcosa, come la nebbia o il buio, che sembra coprire o nascondere un luogo o un oggetto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: shroud of something (A shroud of mist hid the hills.)

Sinonimi: veil, blanket, cloak

Espressioni comuni: shroud of mist, shroud of darkness, shroud of secrecy

rifugio, riparo

Luogo coperto, come una grotta o una stanza sotterranea, dove ci si può rifugiare.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: shelter, refuge, retreat

Espressioni comuni: rocky shroud, a sheltered shroud

celare, avvolgere

Nascondere qualcosa alla vista o impedire che le persone ne vengano a conoscenza.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: be shrouded in something (The disappearance is shrouded in mystery.); shroud something in something (Officials shrouded the talks in secrecy.)

Sinonimi: hide, conceal, veil, obscure

Contrari: reveal, expose

Espressioni comuni: shroud in mystery, shroud in secrecy, shroud in mist

avvolgere nel sudario, avvolgere

Coprire qualcosa con un telo, soprattutto avvolgere il corpo di una persona morta per la sepoltura.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: shroud someone/something in something (They shrouded the body in white linen.)

Sinonimi: wrap, cover, envelop

Contrari: uncover

Espressioni comuni: shroud a body, shroud in linen, shroud the dead

ripararsi, rifugiarsi

Trovare protezione o un posto dove stare, soprattutto per ripararsi dal maltempo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: shroud beneath something (The travellers shrouded beneath a great oak.)

Sinonimi: shelter, take refuge

Espressioni comuni: shroud beneath something, shroud in something