Veil
[ vel ]
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n. 面紗;掩飾;覆蓋物;托詞;
vt. 用面紗遮蓋;掩飾;用帷幕分隔;隱匿;
?? 詞根助記
veil=cover蓋上→面紗，借口
?? 例句
I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed.
我建議不要談及後來發(fā)生的那些駭人聽聞的事.
She raised her veil.
她掀起面罩。
A veil should be thrown over those sacred emotions of love and grief.
愛和悲痛這兩種神圣的感情，應(yīng)該用帷幕遮蓋起來。
A battle is a veil through which it is not wise to peer.
戰(zhàn)役是一層面紗，透過它盯著看是不明智的。
The veil she was wearing obscured her features.
她罩的面紗遮掩了她的面容。
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【串】evil(邪惡)的live(生活)需要veil(遮蓋)以免被人認為他是vile(卑鄙的)
【記】※ live-生活,veil-面紗:穆斯林婦女整天生活在面紗后面
※ vei-諧音“為”,l-拼音“了”:為了不讓人看到,我戴上了面紗
※ v-羅馬數(shù)字“5”,e-拼音“鵝”,I-我,l-似數(shù)字“1”:5只鵝為我織了一塊面紗
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
veil
n
1 [C]
(a) covering of fine net or other (usu transparent) material worn, esp by women, to protect or hide the face, or as part of a head-dress 面紗, 面罩（尤指女用的）
a bridal veil 新娘的面紗
She raised/lowered her veil. 她撩起[放下]面罩.
(b) piece of linen, etc covering the head and sometimes the shoulders, esp of nuns 頭巾（尤指修女的）.
2 [sing] (fig 比喻) thing that hides or disguises 遮蓋物; 掩飾物
a veil of mist over the hills 籠罩小山上的薄霧
plot under the veil of secrecy, innocence 在秘密、 正經(jīng)事物掩蓋下搞的陰謀.
3 (idm 習(xí)語) draw a curtain/veil over sth => draw2. take the `veil become a nun 當(dāng)修女. veil, v [Tn]
1 put a veil over (sb/sth) 給（某人[某物]）帶面紗或面罩
a veiled Muslim woman 戴著面紗的穆斯林女子.
2 (fig 比喻) hide or disguise (sth) 遮掩, 掩飾（某事物）
a thinly veiled threat, insult, hint, etc 含沙射影的威脅、 侮辱、 暗示等
He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance. 他掩蓋不住對我無知的輕蔑之情.
?? 考研助記
五姨(ve)給我(i)戴上1個(l) 面紗 網(wǎng)友：yqy 補充：快用veil遮住vein，否則…；veil=cover,表示"蓋上"
?? 擴展釋義
*[veil]n. 面紗, 面罩, 借口, 幕, 帳, 遮蔽物vt. 戴面紗, 隱藏, 遮蔽, 掩飾vi. 蒙上面紗【醫(yī)】 帆, 幕, 帕; 蓋, 蓋膜; 羊膜; 聲ㄗ相關(guān)詞組: draw a veil over sth
?? 同為「CET-4」詞匯
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Why don't you hire a car and drive around for a couple of weeks?
你為什么不租部車四處轉(zhuǎn)上一兩個星期呢？
Following his discovery many islanders travelled 3,500 kilometers by sea in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350.
繼其發(fā)現(xiàn)之后，許多島民于1100年至1350年間駕著他們那窄小的帆船航行3500公里來到這一新的國度。
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