veil

英 [veɪl] 美 [veɪl]

• n. 面纱；面罩；掩饰物
• vt. 使戴面纱；遮蔽
• vi. 戴面纱

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 面纱

   a covering of thin material or net worn over the face

2. [S] 覆盖物

   sth that covers or hides

v. (动词)

1. vt. 用面纱遮盖

   cover with a veil

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 遮蔽物
2. 面纱， 面罩
3. 帷幕
4. 托词，借口，托辞
5. 幌子
6. 修女生涯，修女生活
7. 修女头巾
8. 头巾
9. 掩饰，掩盖
10. 薄薄的遮盖层
11. 幔，幕，帐
12. 遮布

v. 动词

1. 掩饰，遮掩
2. 遮盖，覆罩，笼罩，蒙住，遮蔽
3. 以面纱遮掩，用面纱遮盖
4. 用帷幕分隔
5. 戴面纱，戴面罩， 蒙上面纱
6. 【摄】出现轻度灰雾
7. 使盖上面纱， 给 ... 戴面纱或面罩
8. 隐匿，隐藏，隐蔽

英英释义

Noun:

1. a garment that covers the head and face

2. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

4. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The bride's face was covered in a white veil.
   新娘的脸上蒙著白色的面纱。
2. Most Moslem women wear veils in public places.
   大多数穆斯林妇女在公共场所都戴着面纱。
3. Rochester assures her it is only a bad dream, but in the morning Jane finds the ripped fragments of the veil.
   罗切斯特安慰她说这只是一个恶梦，但清晨简却发现了被撕破的婚纱碎片。
4. Her face was buried behind a veil.
   她的脸被面罩遮起来了。
5. He deceived them under the veil of charity.
   他借慈善事业为名欺骗了他们。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The women there used to veil their faces in public.
   那里的妇女过去在公共场合通常戴面纱。
2. He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.
   他试图掩饰对我的无知的蔑视。
3. He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance.
   他掩盖不住对我无知的轻蔑之情。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The women there used to veil their faces in public.
   那里的妇女过去在公共场合通常戴面纱。
2. A Muslim teaching assistant sacked for wearing a veil in class has decided to appeal against her dismissal.
   穆斯林戴面纱被解职助教上课已决定上诉她解雇。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She dropped her veil.
   她摘下面纱。
2. The veil she was wearing obscured her features.
   她戴的面纱遮掩了她的面容。
3. Everything was wrapped in a veil of evening light.
   一切都在夜幕的笼罩之下。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. 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。

经典引文

• In this veil the men live and sleep.

  出自： C. G. Seligman

• Her navy hat with velvet band And net veil down.

  出自：Atlantic

• His robe..o'er his head Ulysses drew, behind its ample folds Veiling his face.

  出自： W. Cowper

• The clouds..veiling the sun.

  出自： A. Radcliffe

• The upper windows were veiled by a coating of frost.

  出自： M. de la Roche

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• bridal veil 新娘面纱

～+介词

• a veil of mist 一层薄雾

近反义词

【近义词】

• cover 封面
• mask 伪装
• conceal 隐藏
• hide 藏
• cloak 斗蓬
• obscure 难解的
• screen 屏幕
• eclipse 日或月食
• disguise 掩饰
• camouflage 伪装
• shroud 寿衣
• curtain 窗帘
• blanket 毛毯
• covering 覆盖物
• shade 阴影
• varnish 油漆
• cloud 云
• hood 头巾
• pretense 借口
• envelop 包封
• pall 遮盖物
• obliterate 涂去
• caul 胎膜
• velum [解]盖膜
• embryonic membrane 胎膜
• humeral veil 长方形丝披肩...
• blot out 完全清除(思想、记忆等)...

【反义词】

• unveil 揭开