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

• Embellishments included peacock or spiky feathers, silk flowers or sheer veils, bows or curls.
  饰物有孔雀尾羽或其他长羽毛、绢花或者面纱、蝴蝶结或卷发。
• The Sun had captioned a picture of Princess Diana 'Princess of Veils'
  《太阳报》在黛安娜王妃的一张照片下写了一段说明文字——“披着面纱的王妃”。
• 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！
• Kyanite will assist initiates in lifting the veils of illusion that surround oneself and others to get at the truth of the patterning, karma or dance underneath.
  蓝晶石将协助提升者揭开围绕自身和他人的幻觉面纱，来获得在此之下模式、力或舞蹈的真相。
• In recent years, such restrictions have included campaigns against veils and other outward expressions of Muslim faith.
  最近几年，此类限制举措包括了反对面纱以及其他穆斯林外在特征的活动。
• Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;
  从晨的面纱滴落到蛐蛐歇唱的地方；
• 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。
• 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。
• So dazzling was the light, it penetrated even the darkness that veils my eyes.
  那晶莹剔透的光线是如此炫目，甚至能穿透蒙在我眼睛上的黑面纱。
• After being measured, Ms Eman also tried on veils and head pieces, talking excitedly about her expectations for the wedding.
  量度完以后，艾曼试穿了面纱和头纱，还兴奋地说起她对婚礼的期待。