veil / veɪl /

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veil3 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
  2. a piece of material worn so as to fall over the head and shoulders on each side of the face, forming a part of the headdress of a nun.
  3. the life of a nun, especially a cloistered life.
v. 有主动词 verb
  1. to cover or conceal with or as with a veil: She veiled her face in black. A heavy fog veiled the shoreline.
  2. to hide the real nature of; mask; disguise: to veil one's intentions.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to don or wear a veil: In certain Islamic countries women must veil.

veil 近义词

n. 名词 noun

disguise

v. 动词 verb

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更多veil例句

  1. I’ve asked for records and gotten stonewalled behind the veil of public safety.
  2. The boy, whose face is covered by a semi-transparent veil, carries a lamb.
  3. There is a veil of shame and myth regarding the use of cannabis.
  4. In her book, Western Representations of the Muslim Woman, Moja Kahf traces one of the first discussions of the veil in western fiction to the novel Don Quixote.
  5. Because one feature of contempt, it strikes me, is that there’s a little bit of a veil of secrecy over it.
  6. Mrs. Kouachi works at a nursery and has worn the veil since she made the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2008.
  7. No piece of cloth throughout history has sparked more controversy as the veil.
  8. The Arab women wore their colored hejabs, and the non-Muslim women dressed modestly and without a veil.
  9. If users want to send naughty photos with a veil of privacy, opt for the pixilated shower door filter.
  10. Watching a woman in a white dress and veil realize she just married the wrong person should be reality TV gold.
  11. Madame Ratignolle, more careful of her complexion, had twined a gauze veil about her head.
  12. Lady Maude sat alone in her room; the white robes upon her, the orthodox veil, meant to shade her fair face thrown back from it.
  13. As you neared it, however, the watery veil seemed flung over them, like the foamy tulle over a bride.
  14. As I receded, the watery veil would disappear, and as I approached it would again take form.
  15. No Jewish historian nor scientist mentioned the rending of the veil of the temple, nor the rising of the saints from the dead.