be veined with sth
最常用的结构，用于描述石头、木材、叶片等表面带有某种颜色的纹理，也常与 heavily、delicately 等副词连用。
The white marble is veined with grey.
白色大理石带有灰色纹理。
使有静脉；使有纹理
veining — present participle of vein
用静脉或类似静脉的图案标记。；使有脉络；像脉络般分布于
用静脉或类似静脉的图案标记。
To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.
一般现在时
The artist veins the paper with delicate lines.
艺术家用细腻的线条在纸上描出纹理。
一般过去时
The storm veined the sand with tiny rivulets.
暴风雨在沙地上冲刷出细小的水流痕迹。
现在进行时
The painter is veining the ceiling with fine gold lines.
画家正在用金色细线在天花板上勾画纹理。
规则动词，词义为“使呈叶脉状/布满纹理”。
The marble columns were veined with thin gray streaks.
大理石柱上布满了细细的灰色条纹。
用法提示：这里veined是动词vein的过去分词，用于被动语态，表示‘带有…纹理’。
The artist veined the ceramic bowl with delicate blue lines before firing it.
这位艺术家在烧制前用精致的蓝线给陶瓷碗画上了纹理。
用法提示：veined作动词的过去式，表示‘给…画上纹理或脉络’。
Long cracks veined the frozen pavement after the thaw began.
解冻开始后，长长的裂缝像脉络一样布满了结冰的路面。
用法提示：veined在这里是及物动词的过去式，意为‘使布满脉络状裂纹’。
最常用的结构，用于描述石头、木材、叶片等表面带有某种颜色的纹理，也常与 heavily、delicately 等副词连用。
The white marble is veined with grey.
白色大理石带有灰色纹理。
主动语态，表示给某物加上纹理，多用于描述加工或装饰。
The artist veined the pottery with blue.
那位艺术家给陶器加上了蓝色纹理。
不点明纹理颜色时，直接用被动形式即可。
The dragonfly's wings are veined.
蜻蜓的翅膀有纹理。
grammar · medium
易错句子She tried in vein to fix the machine.
正确表达She tried in vain to fix the machine.
“徒劳地、白费力气地”这个固定短语是 in vain，其中 vain 是形容词性的固定成分；vein 作名词指“静脉、纹理”，作动词指“使有纹理”，虽与 vain 同音，但不能替代 in vain。改后保留原意“她徒劳地试图修好机器”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The butterfly's wings are vein with black lines.
正确表达The butterfly's wings are veined with black lines.
动词 vein 意为“使有静脉或类似静脉的纹理”，描述状态时系动词后要用过去分词 veined 作表语（表示“被纹上……的”），不能用原形 vein；表示纹理来源用介词 with。改后句子意为“蝴蝶的翅膀上有黑色线条般的纹理”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The weather vein on the roof pointed north.
正确表达The weather vane on the roof pointed north.
屋顶上的“风向标”是 weather vane，vane 指风向标或风车、螺旋桨的叶片；vein 指静脉或纹理。两词读音相同但拼写与含义不同，不能用 vein 表示风向标。
带纹理的大理石
The old church was built of pale veined marble.
这座古老的教堂是用浅色带纹理的大理石建成的。
带蓝色纹路的奶酪
Blue-veined cheese such as Stilton is a British specialty.
像斯蒂尔顿那样带蓝色纹路的奶酪是英国的特色食品。
青筋凸起的手
Her veined hands betrayed her age.
她青筋凸起的双手暴露了她的年纪。
有叶脉的叶子
The plant has broad, dark green veined leaves.
这种植物长着宽大、深绿色且有叶脉的叶子。
布满金色纹路的
The stone is veined with fine lines of gold.
这块石头上布满了细细的金色纹路。
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