英语词汇“veneer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

veneer

(vɪnɪəʳ )

Word forms: veneers

1. singular noun

If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good. [disapproval]

He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.

His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up. [+ of]

Synonyms: mask, show, façade, front [informal]

2. variable noun [adjective NOUN]

Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something.

The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.

It's also available in beech with oak veneer.

Only the finest timbers and veneers are used.

Translations:

Chinese: 虚饰

Japanese: うわべ

单词	veneer
释义	veneer (vɪnɪəʳ ) Word forms: veneers 1. singular noun If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good. [disapproval] He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education. His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up. [+ of] Synonyms: mask, show, façade, front [informal] 2. variable noun [adjective NOUN] Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer. It's also available in beech with oak veneer. Only the finest timbers and veneers are used. Translations: Chinese: 虚饰 Japanese: うわべ
随便看	someone will be laughing on the other side of their face someone will cross that bridge when they come to it someone will eat someone alive someone will eat their hat if something happens someone will go to the wall for someone or something someone would give their eye teeth for something someone would give their right arm to do something someone would love to be a fly on the wall someone would not do something for all the tea in China someone would not give someone or something house room someone wouldn't be seen dead someone wouldn't hurt a fly someone wouldn't like to be in another person's shoes someone wouldn't say boo to a goose someone wouldn't touch something or someone with a barge pole someplace somersault some sort of compromise something -something something cuts no ice something does not hold water something earns its keep something for nothing something goes with the territory