uncloak

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal. transitive
    — And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?
  2. To remove one's cloak. intransitive
    — Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.
  3. To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device. intransitive
    — Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.

词形变化

uncloaks present,singular,third-person uncloaking participle,present uncloaked participle,past uncloaked past

词汇关系

近义词
uncover
反义词
becloak cloak cover hide
上位词
doff

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English cloak
English uncloak
From un- + cloak.
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