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单词 vein
释义 vein /veɪn/ n. | vt.
I n.
1. 静脉;血管
cardinal veins 主静脉
have royal blood in one's veins 有王族血统
He has ice water in his veins. 他这人冷若冰霜。
2. (昆虫的)翅脉;叶脉
3. 矿脉;矿脉床;(地层或冰层中的)水脉
vein stuff 脉石
a vein of silver 银矿脉
mine a new vein 开采新矿脉
4. (大理石、木材、玻璃等的)纹理;纹路;条纹
5. 裂缝;裂纹
6. 气质;才干;倾向;特色;风格;语调
an imaginative vein 富于想象力的气质
There is a vein of melancholy in his character. 他性格中带有一点忧郁的成分。
He had no comedy vein in his youth. 他年轻时并无演喜剧的才能。
reply in one's best vein 以最具自己特色的方式回答
a serious vein behind the humour 诙谐背后的庄重意味
develop a vein of preciosity 滋长一种矫揉造作的倾向
a gifted writer in a 19th-century vein 一位具有19世纪风格特点的天才作家
a talk in a serious vein 语气严肃的谈话
speak in the same vein 用同一种腔调说话
7. (一时的)心境;情绪
We asked him to tell us a few jokes, but he wasn't in the (right) vein. 我们要他讲几个笑话,可他没那个兴致。
be in a merry (humorous, melancholic) vein 处于愉快(幽默,忧郁)的心境
The debate entered a frivolous vein. 辩论开始变得琐碎无聊。

II vt.
[常用被动语态]

1. 使有脉络(或纹理)
The back window of the crashed car was veined with cracks. 那辆被撞坏汽车的后窗布满了道道裂纹。
2. 使成脉络状;如脉络状分布
The area is veined by railroads. 这个地区密布四通八达的铁路线。
[< OFr veine < VENA]
vein·less
a.
vein·like
a.
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