English Dictionary

becloud

IPA（発音記号）

/bɪˈklaʊd/

動詞

他動詞 受動態 通常 比喩的用法

(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled. / (transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds. / (transitive, figuratively) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）～を曇らせる、混濁させる、不明瞭にする / （他動詞）～を雲で覆う、取り巻く / （他動詞、比喩的に）～に悪い影響を及ぼす、否定的な印象を与える

The politician tried to becloud the facts with vague statements and misleading statistics.

その政治家は曖昧な発言や誤解を招く統計で事実を曖昧にしようとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.

[…] Intemperance and Superfluity beclouds the Mind, dulls the edge of the Apprehension, and brings upon it an unmanly Languor, bearing down all the noble Faculties of the Soul into Ignorance and Stupidity […]

意味（2）

(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

What Fury has possest thee? What strange fit Usurps thy patience, and beclouds thy brow?

beclouds （ present singular third-person ）

beclouding （ participle present ）

beclouded （ participle past ）

beclouded （ past ）