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

vail1

/veɪl

verb [with object] archaic

1Take off or lower (one’s hat or crown) as a token of respect or submission.Turning himself towards the noblemen that sat on a form placed before the scaffold, he vailed his hat....

He vailed his bonnet to no one but a judge.
Vailing his cap, like them, to the Queen's representatives, he covered himself when he looked at the Pope's delegate.

1.1 [no object] Take off one’s hat or otherwise show respect or submission to someone.

Origin

Middle English (originally in the sense 'lower (one's eyes, weapon, banner, etc.) as a sign of submission'): shortening of obsolete avale, from Old French avaler 'to lower', from a val 'down' (literally 'in the valley').

Rhymes

Vail2

/vāl

A town in northern Colorado, a noted ski resort; population 4,768 (est. 2008).

单词	vail
释义	vail1 /veɪl / verb [with object] archaic 1Take off or lower (one’s hat or crown) as a token of respect or submission.Turning himself towards the noblemen that sat on a form placed before the scaffold, he vailed his hat.... He vailed his bonnet to no one but a judge. Vailing his cap, like them, to the Queen's representatives, he covered himself when he looked at the Pope's delegate. 1.1 [no object] Take off one’s hat or otherwise show respect or submission to someone. Origin Middle English (originally in the sense 'lower (one's eyes, weapon, banner, etc.) as a sign of submission'): shortening of obsolete avale, from Old French avaler 'to lower', from a val 'down' (literally 'in the valley'). Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale Vail2 /vāl / A town in northern Colorado, a noted ski resort; population 4,768 (est. 2008).
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