Shroud

(noun.) a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute.

(verb.) wrap in a shroud; 'shroud the corpses'.

(verb.) cover as if with a shroud; 'The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery'.

(verb.) form a cover like a shroud; 'Mist shrouded the castle'.

编辑:汤姆

• She had already, alone as she was, accomplished some of these, and the work on which I found her employed, was her mother's shroud. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• On either side of the peninsula the Atlantic in varying mood lies extended in summer sunshine, or from its shroud of mist thunders o n the black cliffs and their time-sculptured sandstones. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Other accounts make Charles wear a shroud and lie in the coffin, remaining there alone until the last mourner had left the chapel. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was his mother's shroud, he thought; but Cassy had it, holding it up, and showing it to him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I know not what dress she had on: it was white and straight; but whether gown, sheet, or shroud, I cannot tell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• So do nuns, with their close cell, their iron lamp, their robe strait as a shroud, their bed narrow as a coffin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He is so; but then he has passed all his life on board a vessel, and has scarcely an idea beyond the rope and the shroud. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• In all other respects Fosco, on that memorable day, was Fosco shrouded in total eclipse. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I indicated in what direction the mist had shrouded the other man, and he looked up at it for an instant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The next operation then is to disengage the shrouded image, and this is accomplished by a solvent. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Don't use such dreadful expressions, replied Meg from the depths of the veil in which she had shrouded herself like a nun sick of the world. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Mr. Weller nodded his acquiescence in the sentiment, and again fastening his eyes on the fire, shrouded himself in a cloud, and mused deeply. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• One or two small shrouded lamps placed on the floor served dimly to light the way to a few descending steps, and the voice of an invisible guide gave directions to walk forward. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• I will _not_ prison it in the linen press to find shrouds among the sheets. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He almost thought that shrouds were for the old and shrunken; and that they never wrapped the young and graceful form in their ghastly folds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• For instance-- For instance, returned Madame Defarge, composedly, shrouds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Horrible thoughts of death, and shrouds with blood upon them, and a fear that has made me burn as if I was on fire, have been upon me all day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Earth is to me a tomb, the firmament a vault, shrouding mere corruption. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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