veil

[veil]

n.面纱, 面罩, 掩饰物
vt.使戴面纱, 遮蔽
vi.戴面纱

n.[C]

1. 面纱, 面罩[C]

The bride's face was covered in a white veil.

新娘的脸上蒙着白色的面纱。

2. 帷幕; 遮蔽物[S][(+of)]

There was a veil of mist over the mountains.

山上覆盖着一层薄雾。

3. 托词; 幌子[the S][(+of)]

They did evil under the veil of patriotism.

他们在爱国主义的幌子下作恶。

4. 修女生涯; 修女头巾[the S]

She took the veil when she was 18.

她十八岁时当了修女。

vt.

1. 以面纱遮掩

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. 用帷幕分隔

3. 掩饰; 遮盖

She made no attempt to veil the contempt in her voice.

她语气中毫不掩饰她的轻蔑。

Morning fog veiled the village.

晨雾笼罩着村庄。

vi.

1. 戴面纱

2. 【摄】出现轻度灰雾

词形变化

动词过去式: veiled | 动词过去分词: veiled | 动词现在分词: veiling | 动词第三人称单数: veils |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.掩饰; 遮盖

cover  screen  hide  conceal  cloak  mask  disguise  camouflage  eclipse  obscure  

同义参见:

pretense  varnish  curtain  cloud  covering  hood  cloud  shroud  shade  blanket  hide  

反义:

vt.vi.以面纱遮掩

unveil  

英英释义

名词 veil:

a garment that covers the head and face

同义词：head covering

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

同义词：caul, embryonic membrane

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

同义词：humeral veil

动词 veil:

to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

同义词：obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide

补充

veilveil英:[veil] 美:[vel]n.1.面纱She dropped her veil.她摘下面纱。2.覆盖物vt.1.用面纱遮盖Please veil your face.请用面纱遮住脸。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。

例句

1. He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist.透过一层薄雾, 他认出了英格兰的海岸线。 2. The new profuct of youdao mobile is raising its veil.有道新的手机产品揭开了神秘的面纱。 3. She veiled her face when she went out into the street.她上街时用面纱蒙着脸。 4. The hills are veiled in mist.群山被雾笼罩着。 5. The misleading report veiled the facts.骗人的报告掩盖了事实真相。 6. a white bridal veil.新娘的白色面纱。 7. shrouded in an eerie veil of mist.隐藏在一片怪诞的薄雾中。 8. she veiled her face.她用面纱遮着脸。 9. a thinly veiled threat.几乎是赤裸裸的威胁。 10. a bridal veil新娘的面纱 11. a bridal veil新娘面纱 12. veils of moss draped the trees.苔藓覆盖了这些树。 13. The veil of secrecy was lifted. [=the secret was made known]这个神秘面纱被揭开了。 14. "Her eyes were partially veiled by her long, dark hair."她的眼睛被她的乌黑长发遮住了一部分。 15. Haze veiled the landscape.薄雾笼罩着这片风景。 16. The sun was veiled by clouds.太阳被云层遮住了。