n.[C]

1. 面紗，面罩[C]
   The bride's face was covered in a white veil.

   新娘的臉上蒙著白色的面紗。

2. 帷幕；遮蔽物[S][（+of）]
   There was a veil of mist over the mountains.

   山上覆蓋著一層薄霧。

3. 託詞；幌子[the S][（+of）]
   They did evil under the veil of patriotism.

   他們在愛國主義的幌子下作惡。

4. 修女生涯；修女頭巾[the S]
   She took the veil when she was 18.

   她十八歲時當了修女。

vt.

1. 以面紗遮掩
   The women there used to veil their faces in public.

   那裡的婦女過去在公共場合通常戴面紗。

2. 用帷幕分隔
3. 掩飾；遮蓋
   She made no attempt to veil the contempt in her voice.

   她語氣中毫不掩飾她的輕蔑。

   Morning fog veiled the village.

   晨霧籠罩著村莊。

vi.

1. 戴面紗
2. 【攝】出現輕度灰霧

n.

1. a piece of fine material worn to protect or conceal the face.
   ▸a piece of fabric forming part of a nun's headdress, resting on the head and shoulders.
2. a thing that conceals, disguises, or obscures:
   an eerie veil of mist.
3. (in Jewish antiquity) the piece of precious cloth separating the sanctuary from the body of the Temple or the Tabernacle.
4. Botany  a membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development.

v.

▸ [usu. as adj. veiled] partially conceal or disguise:

a thinly veiled threat.

[名]

1. 面紗。
   베일을 쓴 여자.

   戴面紗的女子。