veil
英 [veɪl]
美 [vel]
- n. 麵紗；麵罩；遮蔽物；托詞
- vt. 遮蔽；掩飾；以麵紗遮掩；用帷幕分隔
- vi. 蒙上麵紗；出現輕度灰霧
- n. (Veil)人名；(法)韋伊；(德)法伊爾
助記提示
1. 易混淆單詞：veil, vein.
2. evil -> veil ( ev- => ve- ), 魔鬼長得太邪惡了，出門得戴著麵紗，以免嚇著別人。
3. 諧音“圍哦” --- 圍在頭上遮住、蓋住。
4. 諧音“帷哦”
中文詞源
veil 麵紗來自拉丁語velum,簾布，帆，引申詞義麵紗。
英文詞源
- veil
- veil: [13] The ultimate source of veil is Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, veil’, and English acquired it via Anglo-Norman veile. To reveal something is etymologically to ‘remove a veil’ from it.
=> reveal - veil (n.)
- c. 1200, "nun's head covering," from Anglo-French and Old North French veil (12c., Modern French voile) "a head-covering," also "a sail, a curtain," from Latin vela, plural of velum "sail, curtain, covering," from PIE root *weg- (1) "to weave a web." Vela was mistaken in Vulgar Latin for a feminine singular noun. To take the veil "become a nun" is attested from early 14c.
- veil (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French veler, voiller (12c.), from Latin velare "to cover, veil," from velum "a cloth, covering, curtain, veil," literally "a sail" (see veil (n.)). Figurative sense of "to conceal, mask, disguise" (something immaterial) is recorded from 1530s. Related: Veiled; veiling.
雙語例句
- 1. He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist.
- 透過薄霧他認出了那是英格蘭的海岸線。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
- 她用裝飾性的薄紗遮住了臉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
- 如果我不戴麵紗就會有辱門楣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.
- 沉默背後的駭人真相慢慢顯露出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He retreated behind a veil of cigarette smoke.
- 他隱藏在一層香煙煙霧之後。
來自柯林斯例句