cloak

マント、外套

肩から体を覆うゆったりした上着。フードが付くこともある。

やさしい英語で： A loose piece of clothing worn over the shoulders and body, often with a hood.

• He wore a black cloak.
• She wrapped her cloak around her shoulders.
• The guards hung their wet cloaks by the fire.

類義語： cape, mantle

よく使う表現： wear a cloak, hooded cloak, black cloak

覆い、ベール

暗闇や秘密、偽りの外見など、何かを見えなくするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that covers or hides things, especially darkness, secrecy, or a false appearance.

• Mist spread like a cloak over the fields.
• They escaped under a cloak of darkness.
• A cloak of secrecy surrounded the negotiations.

使い方： a cloak of something (The talks took place under a cloak of secrecy.)

類義語： cover, veil

よく使う表現： cloak of darkness, cloak of secrecy, under a cloak

隠す、覆い隠す

何かを隠したり、実際とは違うものに見せたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To hide something or make it seem different from what it really is.

• Her smile cloaked her anger.
• The project was cloaked in secrecy.
• He tried to cloak his ambition with talk of public service.

使い方： cloak something in something (They cloaked the decision in confusing language.); cloak something with something (He cloaked his disappointment with a smile.)

類義語： hide, conceal, mask

反対語： reveal, expose

よく使う表現： cloak something in secrecy, cloak true intentions

覆う、包む

衣服やほかの層で、人や物を覆うこと。

やさしい英語で： To cover someone or something with clothing or another layer.

• Snow cloaked the fields.
• She cloaked the child in warm wool.
• Clouds had cloaked the mountain by evening.

使い方： cloak someone/something in something (Fog cloaked the valley in gray mist.)

類義語： cover, envelop, shroud

反対語： uncover

よく使う表現： cloak something in mist, cloak someone in silk

透明化する

空想上の高度な技術で、姿を消したり物を見えなくしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make something, or become, impossible to see using imagined advanced technology.

• The ship can cloak itself.
• We cloaked before the enemy arrived.
• The device cloaks nearby objects from view.

類義語： turn invisible

よく使う表現： cloak a ship, cloak the spaceship