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veil 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; third:veils~done:veiled~pl:veils~ing:veiling~past:veiled~

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英[veɪl]  美[vel] N-COUNT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.例：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。例：She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。N-COUNT掩盖物;遮蔽物You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .例：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。例：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。N-COUNT（薄雾等）幕障You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.例：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。例：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。PHRASE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.例：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。

单词	veil
音标	英[veɪl] 美[vel]
解释	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;
例句	N-COUNT 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. 例：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。例：She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。 N-COUNT 掩盖物;遮蔽物 You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil . 例：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。例：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。 N-COUNT （薄雾等）幕障 You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil. 例：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。例：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。 PHRASE 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. 例：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。
变形	third:veils~done:veiled~pl:veils~ing:veiling~past:veiled~

Veil 例：The N Count Thin Refer Hides Partly Draw