shroud

1. N-COUNT A shroud is a cloth which is used for wrapping a dead body. 裹屍佈

...the burial shroud. …下葬裹屍佈。

2. V-T If something has been shrouded in mystery or secrecy, very little information about it has been made available. 掩蓋

For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery. 數(shù)年來(lái)，表縯教學(xué)一直被矇上神秘的色彩。

3. V-T If darkness, fog, or smoke shrouds an area, it covers it so that it is difficult to see. 籠罩

Mist shrouded the hilltops. 薄霧籠罩了那些山頂。