shroud

経帷子、死体を包む布

亡くなった人の体を埋葬前に包む布。

やさしい英語で： A cloth used to wrap a dead person’s body before burial.

• They wrapped the body in a shroud.
• A white shroud covered the dead woman.
• The museum displays burial shrouds from ancient graves.

類義語： winding sheet, burial cloth

よく使う表現： burial shroud, white shroud, linen shroud

覆い、保護カバー

物を隠したり、包んだり、守ったりする覆い。

やさしい英語で： A covering that hides, clothes, or protects something.

• A metal shroud covers the fan.
• Remove the protective shroud before repairing the motor.
• The machine's shroud keeps dust away from its moving parts.

類義語： cover, covering, casing

よく使う表現： protective shroud, fan shroud, metal shroud

帳、覆い

霧や闇など、場所や物を覆い隠しているように見えるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something, such as fog or darkness, that seems to cover or hide a place or thing.

• A shroud of fog covered the town.
• The mountains disappeared beneath a shroud of cloud.
• Investigators tried to lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding the case.

使い方： shroud of something (A shroud of mist hid the hills.)

類義語： veil, blanket, cloak

よく使う表現： shroud of mist, shroud of darkness, shroud of secrecy

避難所、隠れ場所

洞窟や地下室など、覆いがあり身を守れる場所。

やさしい英語で： A covered place, such as a cave or underground room, where someone can find shelter.

• They found a shroud beneath the rocks.
• The traveller rested in a shroud beside the cave entrance.
• That hidden shroud protected them from the storm.

類義語： shelter, refuge, retreat

よく使う表現： rocky shroud, a sheltered shroud

覆い隠す、隠す

物を見えなくしたり、人に知られないようにしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To hide something from sight or prevent people from knowing about it.

• Fog shrouded the valley.
• The reasons for his departure remain shrouded in mystery.
• Dark clouds were shrouding the mountain peaks.

使い方： be shrouded in something (The disappearance is shrouded in mystery.); shroud something in something (Officials shrouded the talks in secrecy.)

類義語： hide, conceal, veil, obscure

反対語： reveal, expose

よく使う表現： shroud in mystery, shroud in secrecy, shroud in mist

経帷子で包む、布で覆う

物を布で覆う。特に、埋葬のために亡くなった人の体を包む。

やさしい英語で： To cover something with cloth, especially to wrap a dead person’s body for burial.

• They shrouded the body before burial.
• The dead soldier was shrouded in plain cloth.
• Women gently shrouded the bodies for the funeral.

使い方： shroud someone/something in something (They shrouded the body in white linen.)

類義語： wrap, cover, envelop

反対語： uncover

よく使う表現： shroud a body, shroud in linen, shroud the dead

避難する、身を寄せる

特に悪天候を避けて、身を守れる場所や滞在先を見つける。

やさしい英語で： To find protection or a place to stay, especially from bad weather.

• We shrouded beneath the trees.
• The shepherd shrouded in a cave during the storm.
• They shrouded from the rain under a rocky ledge.

使い方： shroud beneath something (The travellers shrouded beneath a great oak.)

類義語： shelter, take refuge

よく使う表現： shroud beneath something, shroud in something