veils
英 [veɪlz]
美 [veɪlz]
n. (尤指女用的)面纱,面罩; (修女的)头巾; 掩饰; 掩盖; 借口; 托词
v. 戴面纱; 戴面罩; 遮掩; 掩饰
veil的第三人称单数和复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 面纱;面罩
Aveilis a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.- 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。 - She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
- She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...
- N-COUNT 掩盖物;遮蔽物
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as aveil.- 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。 - 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。
- The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...
- N-COUNT (薄雾等)幕障
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as aveil.- 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。 - 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。 - He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
- The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...
- PHRASE 隐瞒;避而不谈
If youdraw a veil oversomething, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.- 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。
- The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
双语例句
- The real miracle is the falling of veils.
真正的奇迹是帷幕的崩落。 - Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business!
没有什么白缎子,没有什么带花边的面纱,可怜极啦! - I wore this veil because he used to be so crazy about veils.
我带着这个因为他常常为这个而疯狂。 - A fine ( often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
用于短裙或长袍的精细(一般较硬)的网。 - No longer these days is it necessary for women to wear veils.
近来,对于女子来说没有必要再戴面纱。 - Having buttoned the overcoat round her shoulders he plunged into the webs of vapour which by this time formed veils between the trees.
他把披在她身上的外衣的扣子扣好,就钻进了雾气织成的网里,这时候,夜雾已在大树之间织成了一张张薄纱。 - Some women wear veils when going out, for religious reasons.
出于宗教原因,有些妇女出门时要戴面纱。 - Do not fret about your veils.
别担心你们的头巾了。 - Prime Minister John Key said he was comfortable with people wearing veils.
纽西兰总理约翰。基说,他对于佩戴面纱的人感觉自在。 - But speechless was my love, and with veils has it been veiled.
我深深地爱着你,不过我们的爱没有声响而又被轻纱蒙着。