名詞 veneer:

1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
   同義詞：veneering
2. an ornamental coating to a building
   同義詞：facing

動詞 veneer:

1. cover with veneer

1. The furniture is made of plywood covered in teak veneer.
   這家具是用貼柚木薄片的合板做成的。
2. A layer of decoration, such as gold leaf or wood veneer, applied to a surface.
   飾面一層修飾，如金箔或木鑲板，鋪于表層上
3. Much modern furniture is not solid but using a sandwich of wood veneer on plywood.
   許多現(xiàn)代家俱用的并非實心木料，而是在膠合板上鑲上一層木板飾面而已。

ve.neer

n.（名詞）
A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
飾面薄板；鑲板：粘在低質(zhì)材料的基部的薄表層，如有精細(xì)木紋的木板
Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
薄木片：粘在一起制成膠合板的任何一層薄木板
A decorative facing, as of brick.
飾面，護(hù)面：由硅石等構(gòu)成的起裝飾作用的面層
A deceptive, superficial show; a faôade:
虛飾；外觀：騙人的表面印象；外表：
例句：
a veneer of friendliness.
友好的外表

v.tr.（及物動詞）
ve.neered,ve.neer.ing,ve.neers
To overlay (a surface) with a thin layer of a fine or decorative material.
鑲飾；飾（面）：把由精細(xì)的或裝飾性材料構(gòu)成的薄表層貼在（某個表面）上
To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood.
把（木片層）粘合成膠合板
To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.
虛飾：用欺騙的誘人外觀掩飾普通的或粗陋的東西等

來源：
Alteration of obsolete faneering
廢語 faneering的變化
from German Furnierung
源自 德語 Furnierung
from furnieren [to furnish, veneer]
源自 furnieren [裝飾；鑲飾]
from French fournir [to furnish]
源自 法語 fournir [裝飾]
from Old French furnir
源自 古法語 furnir
[of Germanic origin] * see per
[源于日耳曼語] *參見 per

【引伸】
veneer.er
n.（名詞）