veil

复数：veils过去式：veiled过去分词：veiled现在分词：veiling第三人称单数：veils

1. [C] 面纱 a covering of thin material or net worn over the face
2. [S] 覆盖物 sth that covers or hides

1. vt. 用面纱遮盖 cover with a veil

• bridal veil新娘面纱

• a veil of mist一层薄雾

under the veil of以…为借口

1. The bride's face was covered in a white veil.
   新娘的脸上蒙著白色的面纱。
2. Most Moslem women wear veils in public places.
   大多数穆斯林妇女在公共场所都戴着面纱。
3. Rochester assures her it is only a bad dream, but in the morning Jane finds the ripped fragments of the veil.
   罗切斯特安慰她说这只是一个恶梦，但清晨简却发现了被撕破的婚纱碎片。
4. Her face was buried behind a veil.
   她的脸被面罩遮起来了。
5. He deceived them under the veil of charity.
   他借慈善事业为名欺骗了他们。

1. The women there used to veil their faces in public.
   那里的妇女过去在公共场合通常戴面纱。
2. He tried to veil his contempt at my ignorance.
   他试图掩饰对我的无知的蔑视。
3. He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance.
   他掩盖不住对我无知的轻蔑之情。

1. The women there used to veil their faces in public.
   那里的妇女过去在公共场合通常戴面纱。
2. A Muslim teaching assistant sacked for wearing a veil in class has decided to appeal against her dismissal.
   穆斯林戴面纱被解职助教上课已决定上诉她解雇。