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.
  1. 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。
  2. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
     她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
• N-COUNT 掩盖物;遮蔽物
  You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as aveil.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT （薄雾等）幕障
  You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as aveil.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
     他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• In the United States, brides tend to prefer headbands, veils and tiaras.
  在美国，新娘喜欢佩戴发带、面纱、和王冠式头饰。
• 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。
• But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled.
  不过我们的爱没有声响，而又被轻纱蒙着。
• Dancers often dance while holding various props like baskets, swords or canes to keep balance ( in particular for folkloric dances.) as well as using silk or chiffon veils and wings.
  舞者常常手持各种平衡道具像篮子、剑或手杖（特别是在民俗舞蹈中），或是使用丝绸或薄软的面纱和羽翼等。
• And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
  也遮住了花园尽头的农舍。
• Takako decks her cats in over sixty purrfect outfits in the book including wedding veils and elephant costumes.
  在书中，Takako为她的猫儿们打造出了60组完美的造型，其中包括了婚礼面纱以及大象形象的服装。
• It's just the Great Northwest, wearing me down, stripping off the layers like Solomon's seven veils.
  只是大西北把我制服了，剥去了一层层象所罗门七层面纱似的东西。
• When my love comes and sits by my side, when my body trembles and my eyelids droop, the night darkens, the wind blows out the lamp, and the clouds draw veils over the stars.
  当我爱来了，坐在我身旁，当我的身躯震颤，我的眼睫下垂，夜更深了，风吹灯灭，云片在繁星上曳过轻纱。
• The real miracle is the falling of veils.
  真正的奇迹是帷幕的崩落。