n.[C]

1. 靜脈，血管
   Just over each temple there were little blue veins.

   就在兩鬢太陽穴上面顯露著青色的細小靜脈。

2. 【植】葉脈
3. 【動】翅脈
4. 【地】礦脈
   After years of prospecting, they struck gold veins.

   經過多年勘探之後，他們找到了金礦礦脈。

5. （木，石等的）紋理，條紋
6. 裂縫
7. 氣質；傾向；才幹[S][（+of）]
   He had no comedy vein in his youth.

   他年輕時沒有演喜劇的才幹。

8. 特色，格調[S][（+of）]
   There is a vein of melancholy in his character.

   他的性格有點憂鬱。

9. 心情，心境[the S]
   I am not in the vein for jokes.

   我沒有心思開玩笑。

vt.

1. 使有脈絡（或條紋）；使呈脈絡狀[H]
   The window was veined with cracks.

   那窗戶布滿了道道裂紋。

n.

1. any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart.
   ▸(in general use) a blood vessel.
2. (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, typically dividing or branching, and containing vascular tissue.
   ▸(in insects) a hollow rib forming part of the supporting framework of a wing.
3. a streak or stripe of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc.
   ▸a fracture in rock containing a deposit of minerals or ore.
   ▸a source of a specified quality:

   he has tapped a national vein of anger.
4. a distinctive quality, style, or tendency:
   he closes his article in a humorous vein.