Cloak

 









cloak



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斗篷,披風



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–noun 

1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.

2. something that covers 

or 

conceals; disguise; pretense: He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.  



–verb (used with object) 

3. to cover with or as if with a cloak: She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet. 

4. to hide; conceal: The mission was cloaked in mystery. 





　

An extraordinarily sumptuous piece of filmmaking, "The Age of Innocence" represents an impeccably faithful adaptation of Edith Wharton's classic novel, which is both a blessing and a bit of a curse. 



Director Martin Scorsese has met most of the challenges inherent in tackling such a formidable period piece, but the material remains cloaked by the very propriety, stiff manners and emotional starchiness the picture delineates in such copious detail. 



Despite all the talent involved, this portrait of an impossible romance set in the upper reaches of New York society in the 1870s has a finite audience, more or less defined by the $ 25 million to $ 30 million grosses achieved by such tony releases as "Howards End" and "Dangerous Liaisons."



starch

澱粉

–noun 

4. stiffness 

or 

formality, as of manner: He is so full of starch he can't relax.  





haberdashery

sartorial 

Argyle

cassock

He is a broad-shouldered man with a gentle voice, a well-fitting [cassock] and a hatred so fierce that it is not destroyed until his body is turned into a blazing pillar of fire. 

babushka

wimple

[Nuns] march past in step, their wimples [bobbing] up and down in unison.



attire

To supervise this task, he stands in front of a [swastika], [attired] in full Nazi fetishwear 

Linda's friends see Amy's masculine [attire] and attitude as a form of self-loathing against being a woman,



brogue rogue galosh

boater fedora



clunky 

awkwardly heavy or clumsy 

clunky metal [jewelry]

clunky [shoes]

but onscreen it’s curiously [clunky] and [flat]

Tony