| 词汇 | veil |
| 释义 | veil noun uk /veɪl/ us /veɪl/ veilnoun (COVERING FACE)C1[ C ] a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head: 面纱;面罩 After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her veil to kiss her husband.仪式过后，新娘撩起面纱亲吻她的丈夫。 The women wore black veils that covered all but their eyes.那些女人戴着黑色面纱，把除眼睛之外的所有地方都遮住了。 Jodie Griggs/The Image Ban/GettyImages take the veil A Christian woman who takes the veil becomes a nun.成为修女 take/adopt the veil A Muslim woman who takes or adopts the veil decides to wear traditional Muslim clothing.决定穿戴穆斯林女性的传统服装 The veil fell almost to her waist.面纱几乎垂到她的腰际。 The bride wore a veil with a wreath of silk flowers.新娘戴着一块饰有丝绸花环的面纱。 The women there all wear veils. Hats & scarves ascot balaclava bandana baseball cap beanie dicky bow do-rag driving cap dunce's cap dupatta mask millinery mitre mortarboard neckerchief toque trencher trilby tuque turban You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Religious practices Religious people: monks & nuns Islam veilnoun (HIDING SOMETHING)[ S ]literary a thin covering that hides something or stops you from seeing something clearly: 遮蔽物；笼罩物 The view over the lake was obscured by a veil of mist that hung in the air.薄雾笼罩下，湖面上的景色看上去模模糊糊的。 C2[ S ]literary something that prevents you from knowing what is happening: 掩饰，掩盖；托词 We want to lift the veil of secrecy that surrounds government decisions.我们想要揭开有关政府决策的神秘面纱。 draw a veil over somethingliterary to not talk any more about a subject because it could cause trouble or embarrassment: 避而不谈… I think we should draw a veil over everything that happened at the party, don't you?我觉得我们不应再提聚会上发生的任何事，不是吗？ Coverings and layers a blanket of somethingidiom beeswax wrap blanket brazen casing diaphragm interstratify lagging lamella lamellar lamellate rind seam sheath shellac space blanket strata stratum substratum varnish You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hiding and disguising Digressing and being indirect or evasive veil verb uk /veɪl/ us /veɪl/ veilverb (COVER FACE)[ Toften passive ] to cover something, especially the face or body, with a veil: 用幕遮掩;（尤指）用面纱遮住 In some societies, women are expected to be veiled when they go out in public.在某些社会里，女性去公共场合就得戴上面纱。 to put something over someone or something coverI covered her with a blanket to keep her warm. spreadI spread peanut butter on my bread. smother something in/with somethingThe chicken was absolutely smothered in butter sauce. coatCoat the cherries in chocolate. plasterHis laptop cover was completely plastered with stickers. cakeHis shoes were caked in mud. Covering and adding layers additive asphalt bestrew bind blanket blindfold fall over film film over gum gum something up inlaid retile retread seasoned slap slap something on smother something in/with something tent wax veilverb (HIDE)[ T ] to hide or cover something so that you cannot see it clearly or understand it: 遮盖；隐藏；笼罩 Thick fog veiled the city.浓雾笼罩着城市。 Hiding and disguising be holed upidiom booby trap camo camouflaged cloak fig leaf hit the deckidiom hole up (somewhere) illusion illusionistically illusively lurk secrete shroud shut shut someone/something out sidle skulk smokescreen submerge veil | American Dictionaryveil noun[ C ] us/veɪl/ a piece of thin material worn to protect or hide the face or head: The bride wore a veil made of French lace. fig. A veil of secrecy surrounded the appointment of the new college president. veilverb[ T ]us/veɪl/ In that country, women are veiled when they go out in public. Examples of veilveil Prior to 1947, veiled women came in palanquins to attend classes. Prudential deliberators behind the veil of ignorance will realize that the resources necessary to protect their age-relative opportunity range differ at various stages of life. The veil of prudery and so-called good taste must be torn aside from this subject. This, in my view, leaves the mechanisms of historical change in the fields of archaeology partly veiled. These involve critiques of middle-class claims to disinterested universalism of values for veiling class interest and deflecting attention away from class conflict. The wives thought that because the man was blind there was no need to veil. We must, then, look through this veil at the larger backdrop against which immigration policy, medical or otherwise, plays out. I remember your dance and the veil of mist and fog which merged with the clouds above. Behind the veil of ignorance, would not we all agree to limited, humane preemptive strikes for the safety of all? Then, each representative would perform the thought experiment suggested by the veil-of-ignorance strategy. So the veil of ignorance must block knowledge of their temporal positions from the parties as well. But one does not have that knowledge behind the veil of ignorance. This is quite a different approach to justice than postulating a veil of ignorance. If so, then postulating a veil of ignorance is a quite different move from postulating impartiality. The veil of ignorance is a useful theoretical tool because bias toward oneself can potentially subvert understanding of social justice. See all examples of veil 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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