veil单词什么意思_veil单词解释 veil的反义词veil的例句

名词面纱; 掩饰; 覆盖物; 托词

及物动词用面纱遮盖; 掩饰; 用帷幕分隔; 隐匿

动词cloakobscureeclipseconcealcamouflagecoverscreenhidedisguisemask

及物动词unveil

1. 幕幛面纱：vei) 检查 | veil 幕幛;面纱 | veil 幕幛面纱

2. 隐藏：submarine: 水下的、海底的 | veil: 隐藏 | evolve: 进化、发展

3. 翳影,模糊：Vee-thread 三角螺纹 | veil 翳影,模糊 | vein 纹理

1. 面纱;面罩
A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.

e.g. 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。
e.g. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。

2. 掩盖物;遮蔽物
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. （薄雾等）幕障
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. 隐瞒;避而不谈
If you draw a veil over something, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.

e.g. 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。

noun

1. a garment that covers the head and face

Synonym: head covering

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

Synonym: humeral veil

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

Synonym: caulembryonic membrane

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

Synonym: velum