英语词汇“to draw a veil over”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to draw (also cast, throw) a veil over and variants: to hide or conceal, to refrain from discussing or dealing with; to keep from public knowledge, to hush up.Sometimes with of in applications of sense 5a(a).See also to draw (also throw, cast, etc.) a discreet veil over at discreet adj., n., and adv. Phrases.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase]

to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400

to keep secret1399

to keep (something) dark1532

to draw a veil over1582

not to tell one's shirt1586

to keep one's (own) counsel1604

to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616

to name no names1692

to make a secret of1738

to keep (‥) snug1778

to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825

to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867

to hold back1956

to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956

to get it off one's chest1961

to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963

1582 C. Fetherston Dialogue agaynst Dauncing sig. ¶4 The couetous man draweth this vaile ouer his sinne, it is good sauing a penny against a wet day.

1591 H. Smith Fall of King Nabuchadnezzer sig. B5^v Fear..makes them speake in parables, as though they woulde cast a vaile ouer their reproofe, and eate their message before they haue spoken it.

1656 H. Woodward Treat. of Prayer 42 We will cast a vaile over this and passe on.

1660 T. Forde Virtus Rediviva sig. L2 Could we..draw so fine a veil over our evil deeds, as to conceit our selves into a conceit we had none.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶12 The ill-natured Man..exposes those Failings..which another would cast a Veil over.

1744 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Earl of Eglinton (1885) 211 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4575) XLIV. 1 I wished from my Soul that I could draw a Veil over Vice-Admiral Lestock's Conduct in the late Skirmish.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iv. 101 His faithful attachment to the family caused him to throw a veil over suspicions that the rest of the world will for ever indulge.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 55 As far as regards their private characters, it may..be the duty of those who are ‘liable to other imperfections’, to draw a veil over them.

1823 C. Lamb Barbara S—— in Elia 2nd Ser. I must throw a veil over some mortifying circumstances.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 351 There was evidence of proceedings having been enacted over which I would rather draw a veil.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 545 It throws a veil over the grossness of its error.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 109 He throws a veil of mystery over the origin of the decline.

1908 Economist 5 Dec. 1068/2 The names..conjure up visions of the past, over which it were perhaps kinder to draw a veil.

1935 Times 25 June 10/2 Far from throwing a veil over these facts, I have drawn the attention of the Committee to their existence.

1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself ii. i. 99 The Communists..succeeded in drawing a veil of forgetfulness over their pre-1941 past.

1976 PMLA 91 79/2 The more humble duty of casting a veil over what Conrad does not know.

1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 31 Jan. Over the antics of the chorus line of transvestite nuns, it is perhaps best to draw a veil, if not several.

2010 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 29 Police attempted to throw a veil of secrecy over the investigation by the Murder Squad.

单词	to draw a veil over
释义	> as lemmas to draw (also cast, throw) a veil over a. to draw (also cast, throw) a veil over and variants: to hide or conceal, to refrain from discussing or dealing with; to keep from public knowledge, to hush up.Sometimes with of in applications of sense 5a(a).See also to draw (also throw, cast, etc.) a discreet veil over at discreet adj., n., and adv. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase] to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400 to keep secret1399 to keep (something) dark1532 to draw a veil over1582 not to tell one's shirt1586 to keep one's (own) counsel1604 to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616 to name no names1692 to make a secret of1738 to keep (‥) snug1778 to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825 to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867 to hold back1956 to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956 to get it off one's chest1961 to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963 1582 C. Fetherston Dialogue agaynst Dauncing sig. ¶4 The couetous man draweth this vaile ouer his sinne, it is good sauing a penny against a wet day. 1591 H. Smith Fall of King Nabuchadnezzer sig. B5^v Fear..makes them speake in parables, as though they woulde cast a vaile ouer their reproofe, and eate their message before they haue spoken it. 1656 H. Woodward Treat. of Prayer 42 We will cast a vaile over this and passe on. 1660 T. Forde Virtus Rediviva sig. L2 Could we..draw so fine a veil over our evil deeds, as to conceit our selves into a conceit we had none. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶12 The ill-natured Man..exposes those Failings..which another would cast a Veil over. 1744 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Earl of Eglinton (1885) 211 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4575) XLIV. 1 I wished from my Soul that I could draw a Veil over Vice-Admiral Lestock's Conduct in the late Skirmish. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iv. 101 His faithful attachment to the family caused him to throw a veil over suspicions that the rest of the world will for ever indulge. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 55 As far as regards their private characters, it may..be the duty of those who are ‘liable to other imperfections’, to draw a veil over them. 1823 C. Lamb Barbara S—— in Elia 2nd Ser. I must throw a veil over some mortifying circumstances. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 351 There was evidence of proceedings having been enacted over which I would rather draw a veil. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 545 It throws a veil over the grossness of its error. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 109 He throws a veil of mystery over the origin of the decline. 1908 Economist 5 Dec. 1068/2 The names..conjure up visions of the past, over which it were perhaps kinder to draw a veil. 1935 Times 25 June 10/2 Far from throwing a veil over these facts, I have drawn the attention of the Committee to their existence. 1955 E. Mosbacher tr. H. Lüthy France against Herself ii. i. 99 The Communists..succeeded in drawing a veil of forgetfulness over their pre-1941 past. 1976 PMLA 91 79/2 The more humble duty of casting a veil over what Conrad does not know. 1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 31 Jan. Over the antics of the chorus line of transvestite nuns, it is perhaps best to draw a veil, if not several. 2010 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Aug. 29 Police attempted to throw a veil of secrecy over the investigation by the Murder Squad. extracted from veiln.¹ < as lemmas
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