veil

音标[veil] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 面纱, 面罩, 借口, 幕, 帐, 遮蔽物
vt. 戴面纱, 隐藏, 遮蔽, 掩饰
vi. 蒙上面纱
【医】 帆, 幕, 帕; 盖, 盖膜; 羊膜; 声ㄗ
相关词组:
draw a veil over sth

词型变化：

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

英语解释：

名词 veil:

1. a garment that covers the head and face同义词：head covering
2. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)同义词：caul, embryonic membrane
3. 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:

1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing同义词：obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide

例句：

1. Rochester assures her it is only a bad dream, but in the morning Jane finds the ripped fragments of the veil.罗切斯特安慰她说这只是一个恶梦，但清晨简却发现了被撕破的婚纱碎片。
2. Most Moslem women wear veils in public places.大多数 * 妇女在公共场所都戴着面纱。
3. He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.他试图掩饰对我的无知的蔑视。
4. He deceived them under the veil of charity.他借慈善事业为名欺骗了他们。

详细解释：

veil

n.（名词）
A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
面纱：妇女穿戴于头上、肩上以及通常是脸上的一段布
A length of netting attached to a woman`s hat or headdress, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
面罩：附于妇女的帽子或头巾上的一段网状物，穿戴起来用作装饰或保护头部或脸部

The part of a nun`s headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
修女的头巾：勾勒出脸部并下垂到肩的修女头巾的那部分
The life or vows of a nun.
修女的生活或宣誓

A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
帷幔；幕布：悬挂着的一块轻薄织物，用来分隔或隐藏位于其后面的东西；幕布
Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain:
遮盖物，分隔物：象幕布一样隐藏、分隔或掩盖某物的东西：
例句：
a veil of secrecy.
神秘的遮盖物

Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.
【生物学】 菌幕，缘膜：一种膜性覆盖层或其中的部分，如在特定蘑菇的正在发展中的子实体上；菌幕
v.tr.（及物动词）
veiled,veil.ing,veils
To cover with or as if with a veil:
以面纱遮掩、隐蔽：用面纱或似乎用面纱覆盖：
例句：
Dense fog veiled the bridge.
浓雾笼罩着桥

To conceal or disguise.
隐蔽；掩饰

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old North French
源自 古法国北方方言
from Latin vôla [pl. of] vôlum [a covering]
源自 拉丁语 vôla [] vôlum的复数 [覆盖物]