veil
veil 英 [veɪl] 美 [vel]
n. 面纱；遮掩 vt. 遮掩；掩饰
进行时:veiling 过去式:veiled 过去分词:veiled 第三人称单数:veils 名词复数:veils
- A veil is a cloth covering the head and face, mostly worn by women. Wedding veils are drawn back when the groom hears, "Now you may kiss the bride." (Or else the groom gets a gauzy mouthful.)
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- n. 面纱；遮掩
- vt. 遮掩；掩饰
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1. a bridal veil
新娘的面纱
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2. 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。
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3. The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.
山顶笼罩在薄雾中。
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4. A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.
蒙蒙的细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。
- 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.
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