及物动词
名词
1. 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.
2. 掩盖物;遮蔽物
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .
3. (薄雾等)幕障
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.
4. 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.
1. a garment that covers the head and face
Synonym: head covering
2. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
a silk shawl
Synonym: humeral veil
3. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
Synonym: caulembryonic membrane
4. a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
Synonym: velum