| 词汇 | vail |
| 释义 | vail verb[ I or T ] old useuk /veɪl/ us /veɪl/ to take off your hat or other head covering as a mark of respect to someone: 脱下（帽子等）（表示敬意） Crowned heads vailed before the statue of Beethoven, doing homage to the royalty of genius.在贝多芬的雕像前人们纷纷脱帽，向这位天才中的天才表示敬意。 to let a flag touch the ground, as a mark of respect, for example when someone has died: （在某人去世时）降下旗帜至地面（表示敬意） When the flag is vailed on Remembrance Sunday, it is not considered as a desecration.在阵亡将士纪念日降下国旗，垂至地面，并不是一种亵渎行为。 Physical gestures of respect bow bow down bow your head chest bump curtsy curtsy to someone dap dap someone up doff elbow bump fistbump genuflect handshake high five kowtow prostrate prostration salaam salute take a bow Examples of vailvail At that moment the fog lifted up from the surface of the sea, as if a vail or scroll had been raised. From Project Gutenberg Her face they do not see, as a gauze vail hides it from mortal view. From Project Gutenberg We do not see through the thin vail, which separates the world of spirits and men. From Project Gutenberg And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. From Project Gutenberg Then by a rapid movement, the visitor pulled the vail again over her face. From Project Gutenberg She has put on the robe and vail; and now she has sent me down to make the bouquet. From Project Gutenberg She had flashed a keen, quick glance from one to the other; had dropped her vail suddenly over her face, and turned away. From Project Gutenberg She had a vail tied close across her face; but she had no gloves, and her manner showed haste and excitement. From Project Gutenberg I will refute that idea, and will take away the vail, so that you may see. From Project Gutenberg The vail of illusion silk net, is embroidered above the hem with twelve rows of narrow silk braid put very near together. From Project Gutenberg But the holy and pure did not lower or vail her eyes. From Project Gutenberg At such heights and to such men it seems as though the vail between heaven and earth becomes thinner and more easily pierced. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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