Word · Frequency #7969
veil
/veɪl/
verb
掩盖；掩饰
核心释义
To hide or conceal something, as if with a veil.
- 1.
用面纱装饰或打扮
To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
- 2.
遮掩
To conceal as with a veil.
用面纱遮住；给…戴面纱；用面纱装饰或打扮；遮掩；戴面纱；隐藏
用法In use
She veiled her face with a thin scarf before going out.
用法提示：这里的 veiled 是动词 veiled 的过去式，表示用纱巾等物遮盖。
Thick fog veiled the mountain peak all morning.
用法提示：veiled 是动词 veiled 的过去式，作及物动词表示像面纱一样笼罩、遮蔽。
He veiled his nervousness behind a confident smile.
用法提示：veiled 是动词 veiled 的过去式，表示遮掩、掩饰情感或事实。
veil + object
She veiled her face with a scarf.
她用围巾遮住了脸。
veil + object + in + noun
常用于被动语态。
The mountains were veiled in mist.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- veil one's face
- 蒙上面纱
- The bride veiled her face before walking down the aisle.新娘在走红毯前蒙上了面纱。
- veil the truth
- 掩盖真相
- The company tried to veil the truth about the accident.公司试图掩盖事故的真相。
- veil one's emotions
- 掩饰情感
- He veiled his emotions behind a calm smile.他用平静的微笑掩饰了自己的情感。
- veiled in mystery
- 笼罩在神秘中
- The ancient ritual was veiled in mystery.古代仪式笼罩在神秘之中。
- veil from view
- 遮蔽视线
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
对比 reveal（揭示），veil 是遮蔽，分不清时就想：面纱（veil）遮住，揭开（reveal）才见真相。
语境与语域Context & Register
该词多用于文学作品、新闻报道或正式文体中，表示‘掩盖’或‘掩饰’，带有比喻色彩，口语中不太常用。
语法说明Grammar Note
可作及物动词（意为遮蔽、掩饰）或不及物动词（意为蒙上面纱）。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与veil押韵，发音均为/eɪl/，但拼写为-ail，而veil拼写为-eil。注意拼写相似的词如veal (小牛肉，/viːl/) 和 vein (静脉，/veɪn/) 发音不同，不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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