veil的意思

veil

英 /veɪl/ 美 /vel/

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  • 六级
  • 雅思

基本释义

  • n 面纱;面罩;遮蔽物;托词

    a thin piece of material that women wear to cover their faces at formal occasions or for religious reasons

  • v 遮蔽;掩饰;以面纱遮掩;用帷幕分隔

    to cover something with a veil

例句

  1. She lifted her veil with both hands.

    她用双手揭开面纱。

  2. a bridal veil

    新娘的面纱

短语

  • under the veil of 以…为借口

近义词

n 面纱;[服装]面罩;遮蔽物;托词 yashmak、facemask
vt 遮蔽;掩饰;以面纱遮掩;用帷幕分隔

同根词

adj veiled 隐藏的;含蓄的;蒙上面纱的;不清楚的
n veiling 面纱;面纱布料;罩以面纱
v veiled 戴面纱(veil的过去式和过去分词)、veiling 用面纱遮掩;带面纱(veil的ing形式)