cloak
要点そでなし外とう
意味
- そでなし外とう,マント
- 口実,仮面
- …に外とうを着せる
- …をおおい隠す,装う
例文
He cloaks his wickedness under a smiling face.
彼は笑顔の陰に邪悪な心を隠している。
She cloaked her disappointment with a smile.
彼女は失望の気持ちを笑って押し隠した。
Hills and fields cloaked in spring colors.
野山は春の装いだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.