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Veil Thin Cover Formal Draw Veɪl Veiled Hides

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veil

[veɪl]veiled, veiling, veils

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veiled[684] veils[537]
面纱(83%),面罩(6%),戴面纱(6%),遮蔽(4%),掩饰物(1%)
n.面纱;面罩;遮蔽物;托词
vt.遮蔽;掩饰;以面纱遮掩;用帷幕分隔
vi.蒙上面纱;出现轻度灰雾
n.(Veil)人名;(法)韦伊;(德)法伊尔
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Collins
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/ve͟ɪl/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
  • 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。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]掩盖物;遮蔽物 You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .
  [usu sing]
  • 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。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](薄雾等)幕障 You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.
  [oft N of n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • 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。

  • He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.

    他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。

4
[PHRASE 短语]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.
  [V inflects]
  • 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。


Oxford
veil / veɪl ; NAmE veɪl /
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verb
veil veils veiled veiling
noun 1 a covering of very thin transparent material worn, especially by women, to protect or hide the face, or as part of a hat, etc. (尤指女用的)面纱,面罩 a bridal veil 新娘的面纱 2 a piece of cloth worn by nunsover the head and shoulders (修女的)头巾 3 [singular ] ( formal) something that stops you from learning the truth about a situation 掩饰;掩盖;借口;托辞 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。 It would be better to draw a veilover what happened next (= not talk about it). 最好把之后发生的事情掩盖起来。 4 [singular ] ( formal) a thin layer that stops you from seeing sth 薄薄的遮盖层 The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist. 山顶笼罩在薄雾中。 IDIOM take the ˈveil ( old-fashioned) to become a nun 当修女 verb 1 veilsth/yourself to cover your face with a veil 戴面纱;戴面罩 2 veilsth ( literary) to cover sth with sth that hides it partly or completely 遮掩;掩饰 SYN
shroud
A fine drizzle began to veil the hills. 蒙蒙的细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。
veil / veɪl ; NAmE veɪl /
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veil1 noun
veil2 verb
veilveil1 /veɪl/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a thin piece of material that women wear to cover their faces at formal occasions or for religious reasons:  She lifted her veil with both hands. a bridal veil2the veil the system in Islamic countries in which women must cover their hair and faces in public3draw a veil over something formal to avoid talking about something that happened in the past because it is unpleasant or embarrassing:  I think it best to draw a veil over the whole incident.4veil of secrecy/deceit/silence etc formal something that hides the truth about a situation:  Watson deserves credit for lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding Brenda’s death. His pornography was covered by a veil of respectability.5veil of mist/cloud/smoke etc a thin layer of mist, cloud etc that makes it difficult to see clearly:  The moon was hidden behind a veil of clouds.6take the veil old-fashioned to become a nun
veil1 noun
veil2 verb
veilveil2 verb [transitive]
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1 be veiled in mystery/secrecy etc formal if something is veiled in mystery etc, people do not know the truth about it so it seems strange or mysterious:  The details of the evacuation are veiled in secrecy.2to cover something with a veil:  A black kerchief modestly veiled her hair.3literary to partly hide something so that it cannot be seen clearly:  A fine rain was beginning to veil the hills.

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