veil

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

大小写变形: Veil

词态变化

复数 :   veils ; 第三人称单数 :   veils ; 过去式 :   veiled ; 过去分词 :   veiled ; 现在分词 :   veiling ;

实用场景例句

Her golden locks cascade freely, yet she chooses to conceal them beneath a delicate veil.

她那金色的秀发如瀑布般垂落，但她却选择用一条精致的头巾将它们遮掩起来。

金山词霸

She conceals her face beneath a delicate veil of intricate lace.

她用精致的蕾丝面纱遮住了自己的脸庞。

金山词霸

The government operates under a veil of secrecy to remove the disgraced prime minister from office.

该国政府隐秘行事，意图罢黜失势的总理。

金山词霸

Under this veil of silence, the terrifying reality slowly emerged.

这层沉默的面纱之下，骇人的真相慢慢显现。

金山词霸

A delicate veil of volcanic ash persists in the stratosphere...

一层由火山灰构成的纤薄面纱持续飘浮在同温层中...

金山词霸

The familiar shoreline of England was barely visible through the thin veil of haze.

英格兰熟悉的海岸线在薄雾的轻纱中若隐若现。

金山词霸

The demand to veil the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.

要求掩饰部长婚外情的呼声让人倍感虚伪。

金山词霸

They discussed the plan under a veil of confidentiality.

他们是在保密的面纱下讨论这个计划的。

金山词霸

She chose to veil her emotions behind a calm smile (= hide them).

她选择用平静的微笑掩饰自己的情绪。

金山词霸

The ancient ruins were shrouded beneath a veil of twilight.

古老的废墟笼罩在暮色中。

金山词霸

A light mist started to veil the valley.

一层薄雾开始笼罩山谷。

金山词霸

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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》

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.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

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"