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veil AHD[vāl] D.J.[veɪl]K.K.[vel]n.（名词）- A length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face.面纱：妇女穿戴于头上、肩上以及通常是脸上的一段布
- A length of netting attached to a woman's hat or headdress, worn for decoration or to protect the head and face.面罩：附于妇女的帽子或头巾上的一段网状物，穿戴起来用作装饰或保护头部或脸部
- The part of a nun's headdress that frames the face and falls over the shoulders.修女的头巾：勾勒出脸部并下垂到肩的修女头巾的那部分
- The life or vows of a nun.修女的生活或宣誓
- A piece of light fabric hung to separate or conceal what is behind it; a curtain.帷幔；幕布：悬挂着的一块轻薄织物，用来分隔或隐藏位于其后面的东西；幕布
- Something that conceals, separates, or screens like a curtain:遮盖物，分隔物：象幕布一样隐藏、分隔或掩盖某物的东西：a veil of secrecy.神秘的遮盖物
- Biology A membranous covering or part, as that on the developing fruiting body of certain mushrooms; a velum.【生物学】 菌幕，缘膜：一种膜性覆盖层或其中的部分，如在特定蘑菇的正在发展中的子实体上；菌幕
v.tr.（及物动词）veiled, veil.ing, veils - To cover with or as if with a veil:以面纱遮掩、隐蔽：用面纱或似乎用面纱覆盖：Dense fog veiled the bridge.浓雾笼罩着桥
- To conceal or disguise.隐蔽；掩饰
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old North French 源自 古法国北方方言
- from Latin vēla [pl. of] vēlum [a covering] 源自 拉丁语 vēla vēlum的复数 [覆盖物]
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