名詞 veil:

1. a garment that covers the head and face
   同義詞：head covering
2. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
   同義詞：caul, embryonic membrane
3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
   同義詞：humeral veil

動(dòng)詞 veil:

1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
   同義詞：obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide

1. Rochester assures her it is only a bad dream, but in the morning Jane finds the ripped fragments of the veil.
   羅切斯特安慰她說(shuō)這只是一個(gè)惡夢(mèng)，但清晨簡(jiǎn)卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了被撕破的婚紗碎片。
2. Most Moslem women wear veils in public places.
   大多數(shù)穆斯林婦女在公共場(chǎng)所都戴著面紗。
3. He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.
   他試圖掩飾對(duì)我的無(wú)知的蔑視。
4. He deceived them under the veil of charity.
   他借慈善事業(yè)為名欺騙了他們。

veil

n.（名詞）
A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.
面紗：婦女穿戴于頭上、肩上以及通常是臉上的一段布
A length of netting attached to a woman`s hat or headdress, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.
面罩：附于婦女的帽子或頭巾上的一段網(wǎng)狀物，穿戴起來(lái)用作裝飾或保護(hù)頭部或臉部

The part of a nun`s headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.
修女的頭巾：勾勒出臉部并下垂到肩的修女頭巾的那部分
The life or vows of a nun.
修女的生活或宣誓

A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.
帷幔；幕布：懸掛著的一塊輕薄織物，用來(lái)分隔或隱藏位于其后面的東西；幕布
Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain:
遮蓋物，分隔物：象幕布一樣隱藏、分隔或掩蓋某物的東西：
例句：
a veil of secrecy.
神秘的遮蓋物

Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.
【生物學(xué)】 菌幕，緣膜：一種膜性覆蓋層或其中的部分，如在特定蘑菇的正在發(fā)展中的子實(shí)體上；菌幕
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
veiled,veil.ing,veils
To cover with or as if with a veil:
以面紗遮掩、隱蔽：用面紗或似乎用面紗覆蓋：
例句：
Dense fog veiled the bridge.
濃霧籠罩著橋

To conceal or disguise.
隱蔽；掩飾

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old North French
源自 古法國(guó)北方方言
from Latin vôla [pl. of] vôlum [a covering]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) vôla [] vôlum的復(fù)數(shù) [覆蓋物]