cloak

Compared meaning: to hide a feeling or fact (verb).

比较义项：掩饰，隐藏（感情或事实）（动词）。

• mask

  Mask is common and neutral; it takes a direct object like a feeling, sound, or smell, and is often used in everyday, non-literary contexts.

  mask较为常见、语气中性，后面直接接感情、声音或气味等宾语，多用于日常、非文学语境。

  She tried to mask her disappointment when she heard the news.

  听到那个消息时，她试图掩饰自己的失望。

• cloak 本词

  Cloak is more formal and literary, often used in the passive voice with abstract nouns like secrecy or mystery, suggesting deliberate concealment.

  cloak更正式、更具文学色彩，常以被动语态与秘密、神秘等抽象名词搭配，暗示刻意的掩藏。

  The company's plans were cloaked in secrecy until the official announcement.

  在正式宣布之前，公司的计划一直被笼罩在秘密之中。

Both words mean to hide a feeling or fact, but differ. Mask is common and neutral, taking a direct object like a feeling, sound, or smell. Cloak is more formal and literary, often used in the passive with words like secrecy or mystery.

这两个词在隐藏感情或事实这个意义上很接近，容易混淆：mask语气更中性、更常见，后面常直接接感情或事实类宾语；cloak更正式、书面化，常以被动语态与秘密、神秘等抽象名词搭配，强调刻意掩藏。这里不比较mask的面具义和cloak的斗篷义。