Veils是什么意思？

Veils

英[veɪlz] 美[veɪlz]

• n. （绘画）层式法（在白色背景上涂一层薄而透明的油色，使，背景加染色彩，并能保持光泽的效果），面纱( veil的名词复数 )，掩饰，覆盖物，薄薄的遮盖层；
• v. 用面纱遮盖( veil的第三人称单数 )，遮盖，掩饰；

例句

• I knew at sunset I would meet the ascending veils of dread. 我知道会在黄昏见到那令人畏惧的幕布升起.
• I wore this veil because he used to be so crazy about veils. 我带着这个因为他常常为这个而疯狂.
• It's just the Great Northwest , wearing me down, stripping off the layers like Solomon's seven veils. 只是大西北把我制服了, 剥去了一层层象所罗门七层面纱似的东西.
• The Sun had captioned a picture of Princess Diana 'Princess of Veils'... 《太阳报》在黛安娜王妃的一张照片下写了一段说明文字——“披着面纱的王妃”。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  面纱;面罩
  A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.
  例句
  She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it... 她有一头金色的长发，但她用头巾包住了。 She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin. 她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
• N-COUNT
  掩盖物;遮蔽物
  You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .
  例句
  The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy... 这个国家暗地里正试图把失势的首相赶下台。 The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge. 沉默背后的骇人真相慢慢显露出来。
• N-COUNT
  （薄雾等）幕障
  You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.
  例句
  The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere... 火山爆发在高层大气中留下了一层薄薄的尘土。 He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist... 透过薄雾他认出了那是英格兰的海岸线。
• PHRASE
  隐瞒;避而不谈
  If you draw a veil over something, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.
  例句
  The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy. 想要掩饰部长婚外情的喧嚣叫嚷之声让人倍感虚伪。