- [countable]
a type of coat that has no arms, fastens at the neck and hangs loosely from the shoulders, worn especially in the past （尤指旧时的）披风，斗篷 She stormed off, her cloak flying behind her. 她气呼呼地冲了出去，斗篷在身后飞扬。 She threw a heavy cloak over her shoulders. 她把一件厚重的斗篷披到肩上。 a flowing black cloak 飘动的黑色斗篷
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- thick
- hooded
- …
- be wrapped in
- drape
- throw
- …
- billow
- flow
- flutter
- …
- [singular] (literary)
a thing that hides or covers somebody/something 遮盖物
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock.