shrouded in mist
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5.7
- idiom
:
envuelto en niebla
- The glassy lake was still shrouded in mist when she stepped through the trees to the water's edge.
Examples
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The ship, shrouded in mist.
Fiction book (1994) -
Somewhere in this rugged mountain countryside, possibly above the snow line, shrouded in mist, the fugitive, John Rambo, is hiding.
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From the sea, at evening, shrouded in mist.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Thames was like a sheet of glass, the far bank shrouded in mist.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wet weather kept him from seeing a great deal in any case; even the long, low bulk of South Mountain to the west lay shrouded in mist and rain.
Fiction book (1992) -
Jobber knew that she sat, cold and wet with mud, lost in a marsh that was shrouded in mist.
Fiction book (1991) -
Galicea is so often shrouded in mist (it is Celtic in culture and in weather) that we are incredibly lucky to get these views.
Blog text (12) -
He approached a covered bridge, partly shrouded in mist, set in the distance, in the upper right side of the cover, just below the last "e" of the title.
Fiction book (2001) -
The hills beyond the water were shrouded in mist, making them difficult to see clearly.
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Just beyond the final switchback, there's a waterfall, half shrouded in mist, obscuring its full beauty.
Synonyms
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3.9
Not clear because of mist or when you cannot remember it well
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1.4
Covered with thin cloud near the ground or not clear in memory
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1.0
Air with small drops of water that make it hard to see
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4.8
A face, mind, or explanation that is not clear because of worry
Covered by fog or steam so it is hard to see through
Completely covered by something so it is hidden or overwhelmed
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'covered or hidden by mist' is directly and literally derived from 'shroud' (to cover/obscure) + 'in' (position) + 'mist' (fog); the phrase simply describes being covered by mist. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English verb + preposition + noun structure, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Shrouded in mist comes from the image of something covered like a cloth by fog. A shroud is a cloth that hides and mist blurs what you can see, so when a place is shrouded in mist it is 'hidden' or 'hard to see'.