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
- 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。 - The real miracle is the falling of veils.
真正的奇迹是帷幕的崩落。 - 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。 - Having buttoned the overcoat round her shoulders he plunged into the webs of vapour which by this time formed veils between the trees.
他把披在她身上的外衣的扣子扣好,就钻进了雾气织成的网里,这时候,夜雾已在大树之间织成了一张张薄纱。 - Hope all is well-I am excited that THREE VEILS is finally coming to the City of Angels!
希望你们一切都好!我超开心的是三面纱终于来到了天使之城! - A fine ( often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
用于短裙或长袍的精细(一般较硬)的网。 - 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。 - In the United States, brides tend to prefer headbands, veils and tiaras.
在美国,新娘喜欢佩戴发带、面纱、和王冠式头饰。 - 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。