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cloak something in something
collocation[ usually passive ]
to cover or hide something with something else:
They came across a small collection of huts grouped around a small pond and cloaked in mist.
When the air raid siren went off, wardens rushed to make sure that the towns and villages were cloaked in darkness.
to keep something secret: 对（某事）保守秘密，不把…讲出来
He has always kept his love affairs cloaked in secrecy.
The process is cloaked in anonymity to protect the young children.
The square is often cloaked in shadows from the huge apartment blocks.
What exactly happened that night has remained cloaked in mystery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hiding and disguising
be holed upidiom
booby trap
camo
camouflaged
cloak
drown
fig leaf
hole up (somewhere)
illusion
illusionistically
illusively
illusorily
lurk
secrete
shroud
shut someone/something out
sidle
skulk
smokescreen
stash
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