veil
英 [veɪl]
美 [vel]
- 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
助记提示
1. 易混淆单词：veil, vein.
2. evil -> veil ( ev- => ve- ), 魔鬼长得太邪恶了，出门得戴着面纱，以免吓着别人。
3. 谐音“围哦” --- 围在头上遮住、盖住。
4. 谐音“帷哦”
中文词源
veil 面纱来自拉丁语velum,帘布，帆，引申词义面纱。
英文词源
- veil
- veil: [13] The ultimate source of veil is Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, veil’, and English acquired it via Anglo-Norman veile. To reveal something is etymologically to ‘remove a veil’ from it.
=> reveal - veil (n.)
- c. 1200, "nun's head covering," from Anglo-French and Old North French veil (12c., Modern French voile) "a head-covering," also "a sail, a curtain," from Latin vela, plural of velum "sail, curtain, covering," from PIE root *weg- (1) "to weave a web." Vela was mistaken in Vulgar Latin for a feminine singular noun. To take the veil "become a nun" is attested from early 14c.
- veil (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French veler, voiller (12c.), from Latin velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a cloth, covering, curtain, veil," literally "a sail" (see veil (n.)). Figurative sense of "to conceal, mask, disguise" (something immaterial) is recorded from 1530s. Related: Veiled; veiling.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
- 她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
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- 3. It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
- 如果我不戴面纱就会有辱门楣。
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- 4. 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。
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- 5. He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
- 他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
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