单词 | veil |
释义 | veil ![]() n. 1. a. A length of cloth worn over the head, shoulders, and often the face, especially by women. b. A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or hair worn for decoration or to protect the head and face. c. A length of protective netting worn over the face by beekeepers. 2. a. The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders. b. The life or vows of a nun: assumed the veil. 3. Any of various cloth head coverings worn by Muslim women. 4. a. A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain. b. Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain: a veil of secrecy. 5. Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum. v. veiled, veil·ing, veils v.tr. 1. To cover with or as if with a veil: Dense fog veiled the bridge. 2. To conceal or disguise: a smile that veiled his anger. v.intr. To wear a veil. [Middle English, from Old North French, from Latin vēla, pl. of vēlum, a covering.] |
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