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.- 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。 - She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
- She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...
- N-COUNT 掩盖物;遮蔽物
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as aveil.- 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。 - 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。
- The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...
- N-COUNT (薄雾等)幕障
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as aveil.- 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。 - 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。 - He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
他隐藏在一层香烟烟雾之后。
- The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...
- 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.- 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。
- The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But speechless was my love, and with veils has it been veiled.
我深深地爱着你,不过我们的爱没有声响而又被轻纱蒙着。 - 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”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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; - 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。 - It was important in the ancient world for women to wear veils because it expressed humility; it expressed control.
在古代女人带面纱很重要,因为那表现了谦卑,表现了自制。