veil

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英[ve?l]
美[ve?l]

基本釋義

n.
面紗; 掩飾; 覆蓋物; 托詞
vt.
用面紗遮蓋; 掩飾; 用帷幕分隔; 隱匿

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a bridal veil

新娘的面紗

牛津詞典

Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.

他們的工作是在秘密掩護(hù)下進(jìn)行的。

牛津詞典

It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it) .

最好把之后發(fā)生的事情掩蓋起來。

牛津詞典

The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.

山頂籠罩在薄霧中。

牛津詞典

A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.

蒙蒙細(xì)雨漸漸籠罩了群山。

牛津詞典

She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...

她有一頭金色的長發(fā),但她用頭巾包住了。

She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.

她用裝飾性的薄紗遮住了臉。

The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...

這個(gè)國家暗地里正試圖把失勢的首相趕下臺。

The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.

沉默背后的駭人真相慢慢顯露出來。

The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...

火山爆發(fā)在高層大氣中留下了一層薄薄的塵土。

He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist...

透過薄霧他認(rèn)出了那是英格蘭的海岸線。

The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.

想要掩飾部長婚外情的喧囂叫嚷之聲讓人倍感虛偽。

She raised her veil.

她掀起面罩.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

戰(zhàn)役是一層面紗,透過它盯著看是不明智的.

辭典例句

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

他的頭頂正好是蒙娜·麗莎前額的面紗邊線.

期刊摘選

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

不幸的是, 他的大部分理論都被遮掩在厚厚的面紗之后.

期刊摘選

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

信奉伊斯蘭教的婦女出門之前往往用面紗把臉遮起來.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The land is draped in a veil of mist.

煙霧籠罩著大地.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

你能說清一條冰冷的鋼軌到一片綠色的田野,一個(gè)面紗到一個(gè)微笑?

期刊摘選

With the sky a veil of gold cloud sailing day.

天空金色的云朵伴我們起航.

期刊摘選

Please veil your face.

請用面紗遮住臉.

《簡明英漢詞典》

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

可15:38殿里的幔子、從上到下裂為兩半.

期刊摘選

真題例句

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月閱讀原文

英英釋義

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"

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.以面紗遮掩

unveil

其他釋義

unveil

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