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a veil of [noun]
表示像纱幕一样遮住视线或真相的东西，后面多接物质名词或抽象名词。
A thick veil of fog covered the valley.
一层浓雾笼罩着山谷。
面纱；头纱；遮盖布
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面纱；头纱；遮盖布
a piece of thin cloth worn over the head or face, or used to hide something
A thick veil of fog covered the valley.
一层浓雾笼罩着山谷。
悬挂或展开以遮挡面部或物体视线的物品,通常为薄纱、绉纱等透明材料。
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
面纱,头巾
a garment that covers the head and face
任何部分遮挡清晰视线的东西。
Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
菌幕(某些真菌未成熟子实体的膜状覆盖物)
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
The bride wore a white veil over her face during the ceremony.
新娘在仪式上戴着白色面纱遮住脸。
She lifted her veil and kissed her husband.
她掀起面纱，亲吻了丈夫。
A thick veil of mist covered the valley in the early morning.
清晨，一层浓雾像面纱一样笼罩着山谷。
表示像纱幕一样遮住视线或真相的东西，后面多接物质名词或抽象名词。
A thick veil of fog covered the valley.
一层浓雾笼罩着山谷。
表示“在……的幌子/掩饰下”，常含欺骗或隐藏真实意图的意味。
He betrayed them under the veil of friendship.
他在友谊的幌子下背叛了他们。
惯用语，意为“避而不谈”，通常用于建议不再提起尴尬或不快的事。
Let's draw a veil over the embarrassing details.
我们还是把那些尴尬的细节遮掩过去吧。
Not this
The bride wore white veil at the wedding.
Use this
The bride wore a white veil at the wedding.
veil 是可数名词，单数形式前不能省略限定词；加 a 表示“一条面纱”，句子才完整。
Not this
A thinly veil of smoke hung over the city.
Use this
A thin veil of smoke hung over the city.
veil 是名词，需要用形容词 thin 而非副词 thinly 来修饰；a thin veil of smoke 意思是“一层薄薄的烟雾”。
Not this
She wore a veil in her face.
Use this
She wore a veil over her face.
面纱是罩在脸上的，介词要用 over（覆盖在……上）而不是 in（在……里）；a veil over her face 表示“盖在脸上的面纱”。
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新娘头纱
She wore a long wedding veil.
她戴着长长的新娘头纱。
秘密的面纱
The project was cloaked in a veil of secrecy.
该项目笼罩在一片秘密之中。
避而不谈；隐瞒
Let's draw a veil over what happened.
让我们对发生的事避而不谈吧。
出家当修女
She decided to take the veil.
她决定出家当修女。
一层薄雾；雾气笼罩
The valley was covered in a veil of mist.
山谷笼罩在一层薄雾中。
揭开……的面纱；揭露
The documentary lifts the veil on the fashion industry.
这部纪录片揭开了时装业的内幕。
避而不谈；隐瞒
Let's draw a veil over what happened last night.
咱们对昨晚发生的事就避而不谈吧。
当修女；出家为尼
She took the veil at the age of twenty.
她二十岁时出家当了修女。
在……的幌子下；以……为借口
They carried out their plans under the veil of secrecy.
他们在秘密的幌子下实施其计划。
不要掀起那被活着的人称为生命的彩绘幕布。
Shelley's poem warns us not to lift the painted veil that hides the truth.
雪莱的诗告诫我们不要揭开那隐藏真相的彩绘幕布。
圣殿的幔子从上到下裂成两半。
According to the Gospel of Matthew, the temple veil tore at the moment of Jesus' death.
据《马太福音》记载，耶稣死时圣殿的幔子裂开了。
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想象：新娘的头纱和蘑菇伞下的那层膜都叫veil，都是遮盖物。
语域：mixed 常见场景：bridal wear、religious ceremonies、formal or literary writing、technical/scientific descriptions veil 的语体因义项而异：字面义（如婚纱、头纱）比较常见于婚礼、宗教等具体场合；比喻义（如 a veil of secrecy）多用于正式或书面语；生物学等专业义项则多见于技术性描述。日常口语中单独使用 veil 较少，口语更常用 cover 等词。
veil 的读音为 /veɪl/。真正的同韵词（/eɪl/）有 sail、tail、male、vale（vale 与 veil 同音但拼写不同）。注意 veal /viːl/ 和 vile /vaɪl/ 拼写相似，但读音不同。
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