veiling
present participle ofveil
| 单词 | veiling |
| 释义 | veiling present participle ofveil veil verb uk/veɪl/us/veɪl/veilverb(COVER FACE)[Toften passive] tocoversomething,especiallythefaceorbody, with a veil: In somesocieties, women areexpectedto be veiled when they go out inpublic. Covering and adding layers
veilverb(HIDE)[T] tohideorcoversomething so that you cannotseeitclearlyorunderstandit: Thickfogveiled thecity. Hiding and disguising
Examplesofveilingveiling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These involve critiques of middle-class claims to disinterested universalism of values forveilingclass interest and deflecting attention away from class conflict. From theCambridge English Corpus The fashions ofveilingpopular in the isles changed significantly over time, although they continued to vary depending on wealth and residence. From theCambridge English Corpus Her training in material culture provides a distinctively different vantage point from which to analyze the much researched subject ofveiling. From theCambridge English Corpus It is my contention that the author's cross-dressing begins to look pointedly self-conscious in light of her hero's clear motives forveilinghis identity. From theCambridge English Corpus They also choose to return toveilingfrom non-veiling. From theCambridge English Corpus Restrictions and penal regulations relating to women'sveilingare provided in clause 40. From theCambridge English Corpus Neither is there mention in this poem ofveilingthe face. From theCambridge English Corpus By way of illustration, let us consider (brief ly) the two issues: women's employment andveiling. From theCambridge English Corpus Her perspective gives the veil a materiality that other studies ofveilingdo not. From theCambridge English Corpus Her silence speaks volumes about the great differences between these societies and those in which the modernveilingoption is now prevalent. From theCambridge English Corpus There has been delight in theveiling, the ambiguity. From theCambridge English Corpus The reasons forveilingdiffer according to time, place, and the political and social situation, and may further vary among families, or among individuals. From theCambridge English Corpus She notes thatveiling, as a metaphor for appropriate dress for the religious person, has not always been confined to women. From theCambridge English Corpus It is, we might say, all aboutveiling. From theCambridge English Corpus The "screening" of memories was no longer to be understood as theveilingof the relatively distant past by "memories" that screened it from direct view. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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