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

单词	veil
释义	veil I. \ˈvāl, chiefly before pause or consonant -āəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English veile, from Old North French, from Latin vela, plural of velum cloth, covering, curtain, veil 1. a. (1) : a length of cloth worn by women from ancient times as a covering for the head and shoulders and often used also in eastern countries to conceal the face especially of a married woman < Jewish women wore veils … in token of reverence and submission — Mary B. Eddy > specifically : the outer covering of a nun's headdress (2) : the cloistered life of a nun < make a choice between the world and the veil — Sir Walter Scott > b. : a length of veiling or netting worn over the head or face or attached for protection or ornament to a hat or headdress < bridal veil > < tiny black velvet hat has a visor veil ending at the temples — Women's Wear Daily > 2. a. (1) : a hanging used to curtain off a sacred enclosure < veil of the sanctuary > (2) : the limit of sense perception dividing the living from the dead < when you and I behind the veil are past — Edward FitzGerald > (3) : a hidden sanctuary; especially : the mysterious realm of the dead < passed on within the veil — A.J.Ross > b. : a liturgical cloth used to cover or shroud a religious object (as a crucifix or chalice) especially during Lent : pall c. : humeral veil 3. a. : a deceptive appearance or masking layer : cloak, cover < expressing daring criticism under the veil of … buffoonery — R.A.Hall b. 1911 > < against the first veils of twilight the flashing of the guns was faintly … orange — Eric Linklater > < tear away the veil of mystery that shrouds human sleep — Webb Garrison > b. : a curtain of silence or reticence < the few sketches of his career draw a veil over the nature of his pranks — Lindsay Rogers > < the first lifting of the veil on the privacy of … royalty — Sheila O'Callaghan > c. : a slight obscuration of the voice in singing (as from a peculiarity of the larynx or a natural huskiness) < sang … handsomely, though her voice has a veil on it — Virgil Thomson > d. : a slight darkening of the lighter portions of a photographic image and the unexposed areas usually due to chemical fog and resulting in loss of contrast 4. a. (1) : partial veil (2) : universal veil b. : calyptra 1 c. : velum d. : a part of the amnion sometimes covering the face of a newborn child : caul II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English veilen, from veile veil *transitive verb* 1. a. : to conceal or curtain off with or as if with a veil : hide, obscure < lace appliqués … veiled by nylon tulle — Women's Wear Daily > < evasiveness … veiled her face — Marcia Davenport > < rain and mist often veiled the passage — Elsie M. B. Grosvenor > < veils his toughness with soft speech — Newsweek > b. : to withhold from public knowledge < profound secrecy veiled this undertaking — C.F.Cochran > 2. archaic : to admit into membership in a convent < she has surely been sainted if veiled — Thomas Fuller > *intransitive verb* : to put on or wear a veil : become veiled < many eastern women veil in the presence of men > < his ice-clear eye gradually veiled … his powers slipped — Time >
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