veil

英 [veɪl]

美 [veɪl]

n.  (尤指女用的)面纱，面罩; (修女的)头巾; 掩饰; 掩盖; 借口; 托词
v.  戴面纱; 戴面罩; 遮掩; 掩饰

复数：veils　过去分词：veiled　过去式：veiled　现在分词：veiling　第三人称单数：veils　

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同义词辨析

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习惯用语

n.

take the veil
• 当修女
  to become a nun

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指女用的）面纱，面罩
  a covering of very thin transparent material worn, especially by women, to protect or hide the face, or as part of a hat, etc.
  1. a bridal veil
     新娘的面纱
• （修女的）头巾
  a piece of cloth worn by nuns over the head and shoulders
• 掩饰；掩盖；借口；托词
  something that stops you from learning the truth about a situation
  1. Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.
     他们的工作是在秘密掩护下进行的。
  2. It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it) .
     最好把之后发生的事情掩盖起来。
• 薄薄的遮盖层
  a thin layer that stops you from seeing sth
  1. The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.
     山顶笼罩在薄雾中。

verb

• 戴面纱；戴面罩
  to cover your face with a veil
• 遮掩；掩饰
  to cover sth with sth that hides it partly or completely
  1. A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.
     蒙蒙细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 面纱;面罩
  Aveilis a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.
  1. She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...
     她有一头金色的长发，但她用头巾包住了。
  2. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
     她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
• N-COUNT 掩盖物;遮蔽物
  You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as aveil.
  1. The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...
     这个国家暗地里正试图把失势的首相赶下台。
  2. The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.
     沉默背后的骇人真相慢慢显露出来。
• N-COUNT （薄雾等）幕障
  You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as aveil.
  1. The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...
     火山爆发在高层大气中留下了一层薄薄的尘土。
  2. He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist...
     透过薄雾他认出了那是英格兰的海岸线。
  3. He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
     他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
• PHRASE 隐瞒;避而不谈
  If youdraw a veil oversomething, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.
  1. The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
     想要掩饰部长婚外情的喧嚣叫嚷之声让人倍感虚伪。

英英释义

noun

• a garment that covers the head and face
  Synonym:head covering
• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
  Synonym:humeral veil
• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
  Synonym:caulembryonic membrane
• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
  Synonym:velum

verb

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
  1. a hidden message
  2. a veiled threat
  Synonym:obscureblot outobliteratehide
• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
  1. women in Afghanistan veil their faces

双语例句

• The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere
  火山爆发在高层大气中留下了一层薄薄的尘土。
• Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
  那么你能分辨绿色的原野和冰冷的钢轨、微笑和掩饰吗？
• The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
  想要掩饰部长婚外情的喧嚣叫嚷之声让人倍感虚伪。
• He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
  他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
• Shyness-her shyness, not mine-drew a silver veil between us.
  羞涩是她羞涩，不是我羞涩，在我们中间拉上了银色的帷幕。
• Shadow, with her veil drawn.
  影子蒙上了她的面纱。
• His dark and penetrating eyes seemed to pierce the shelter of her veil.
  他那双锐利的黑眼睛好象刺穿了她那块面纱的遮蔽。
• The bride's face was covered in a white veil.
  新娘的脸上蒙着白色的面纱。
• I need a veil and a bouquet.
  我需要头纱和手捧花。
• Your veil of the saffron colour makes my eyes drunk.
  你橘黄色的面纱迷醉了我的双眼。