veil

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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。

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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.

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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.

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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?

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With the sky a veil of gold cloud sailing day.

天空金色的云朵伴我们起航.

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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.

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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.

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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"

同义词

反义词

vt. & vi.以面纱遮掩

unveil

其他释义

unveil

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