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

• 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。
• Some women wear veils when going out, for religious reasons.
  出于宗教原因，有些妇女出门时要戴面纱。
• 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。
• Prime Minister John Key said he was comfortable with people wearing veils.
  纽西兰总理约翰。基说，他对于佩戴面纱的人感觉自在。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some women wear veils for religious reasons to prevent strangers from seeing their faces.
  由于宗教原因有些妇女戴面纱，不让陌生人看见她们的脸。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。