n.[C]

1. 壽衣，裹屍布
   The doctor wanted the sheet for a shroud.

   醫生想用床單權作裹屍布。

2. 遮蔽物；幕；罩
   His past was enveloped in a shroud of mystery.

   他的過去被裹上一層神祕色彩。

3. 【機】護罩；管套；（水車的）側板
4. 【船】（桅的）左右支索[P]
5. （降落傘的）吊傘索

vt.

1. 給（屍體）穿上壽衣
2. 覆蓋；掩蔽[H][（+in）]
   Everything was shrouded in mist and raindrops.

   一切都被籠罩在霧雨之中。

n.

1. a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.
2. a thing that envelops or obscures:
   a shroud of mist.
3. technical a protective casing or cover.
4. (shrouds) a set of ropes forming part of the standing rigging of a sailing boat and supporting the mast or topmast.
   ▸ (also shroud line) each of the lines joining the canopy of a parachute to the harness.

v.

1. wrap or dress in a shroud.
2. cover or envelop so as to conceal from view.