cloak

cape, manteau

Vêtement ample posé sur les épaules qui couvre le corps, souvent avec une capuche.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : cape, mantle

Expressions courantes : wear a cloak, hooded cloak, black cloak

voile, manteau

Ce qui cache quelque chose, comme l’obscurité, le secret ou une apparence trompeuse.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a cloak of something (The talks took place under a cloak of secrecy.)

Synonymes : cover, veil

Expressions courantes : cloak of darkness, cloak of secrecy, under a cloak

cacher, dissimuler

Cacher quelque chose ou lui donner une apparence différente de la réalité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : cloak something in something (They cloaked the decision in confusing language.); cloak something with something (He cloaked his disappointment with a smile.)

Synonymes : hide, conceal, mask

Contraires : reveal, expose

Expressions courantes : cloak something in secrecy, cloak true intentions

couvrir, envelopper

Recouvrir quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’un vêtement ou d’une autre couche.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : cloak someone/something in something (Fog cloaked the valley in gray mist.)

Synonymes : cover, envelop, shroud

Contraires : uncover

Expressions courantes : cloak something in mist, cloak someone in silk

devenir invisible, rendre invisible

Devenir invisible ou rendre quelque chose invisible grâce à une technologie avancée imaginaire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : turn invisible

Expressions courantes : cloak a ship, cloak the spaceship