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veil

英[veɪl]
美[veɪl]

基本释义

  • n.面纱; 掩饰; 覆盖物; 托词
  • vt.用面纱遮盖; 掩饰; 用帷幕分隔; 隐匿

词性变化

实用例句

a bridal veil

新娘的面纱

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.

山顶笼罩在薄雾中。

牛津词典

A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.

蒙蒙细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。

牛津词典

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。

She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.

她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

She raised her veil.

她掀起面罩.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

A battle is a veil through which it is not wise to peer.

战役是一层面纱,透过它盯着看是不明智的.

辞典例句

The top of his head is the veil line crossing Mona Lisa's forehead.

他的头顶正好是蒙娜·丽莎前额的面纱边线.

期刊摘选

Unfortunately, the details of his theory are often kept in veil.

不幸的是, 他的大部分理论都被遮掩在厚厚的面纱之后.

期刊摘选

Moslem women used to veil their faces before going into public.

信奉伊斯兰教的妇女出门之前往往用面纱把脸遮起来.

《简明英汉词典》

The land is draped in a veil of mist.

烟雾笼罩着大地.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, A smile from a veil?

你能说清一条冰冷的钢轨到一片绿色的田野,一个面纱到一个微笑?

期刊摘选

With the sky a veil of gold cloud sailing day.

天空金色的云朵伴我们起航.

期刊摘选

Please veil your face.

请用面纱遮住脸.

《简明英汉词典》

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

可15:38殿里的幔子、从上到下裂为两半.

期刊摘选

真题例句

One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough: the service is better when waiters depend on tips, presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a garment that covers the head and face

  • 2. the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

  • 3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

Verb
  • 1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil;

    "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

  • 2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;

    "a hidden message"

    "a veiled threat"

反义词

vt. & vi.以面纱遮掩

unveil

其他释义

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