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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7969 COCA: 7300

veil noun COVERING FACE

C1 [ C ] a piece of thin material worn by women to cover the face or head面纱;面罩

After the ceremony, the bride lifted up her veil to kiss her husband.仪式过后,新娘撩起面纱亲吻她的丈夫。
The women wore black veils that covered all but their eyes.那些女人戴着黑色面纱,把除眼睛之外的所有地方都遮住了。
take the veil

A Christian woman who takes the veil becomes a nun.成为修女

take/adopt the veil

A Muslim woman who takes or adopts the veil decides to wear traditional Muslim clothing.决定穿戴穆斯林女性的传统服装

More examples

The veil fell almost to her waist.

The bride wore a veil with a wreath of silk flowers.

The women there all wear veils.

veil noun HIDING SOMETHING

[ S ] literary a thin covering that hides something or stops you from seeing something clearly遮蔽物;笼罩物

The view over the lake was obscured by a veil of mist that hung in the air.薄雾笼罩下,湖面上的景色看上去模模糊糊的。

C2 [ S ] literary something that prevents you from knowing what is happening掩饰,掩盖;托词

We want to lift the veil of secrecy that surrounds government decisions.我们想要揭开有关政府决策的神秘面纱。
draw a veil over sth literary

to not talk any more about a subject because it could cause trouble or embarrassment避而不谈…

I think we should draw a veil over everything that happened at the party, don't you?我觉得我们不应再提聚会上发生的任何事,不是吗?

veil verb COVER FACE

[ T often passive ] to cover something, especially the face or body, with a veil用幕遮掩;(尤指)用面纱遮住

In some societies, women are expected to be veiled when they go out in public.在某些社会里,女性去公共场合就得戴上面纱。

veil verb HIDE

[ T ] to hide or cover something so that you cannot see it clearly or understand it遮盖;隐藏;笼罩

Thick fog veiled the city.浓雾笼罩着城市。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7969 COCA: 7300
veil

noun¹

1piece of material for covering a woman's head面紗ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIL | VEIL + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEthin薄面紗black, white黑色/白色面紗bridal, wedding新娘的面紗The bridal veil was fringed with lace.新娘戴的面紗上鑲着花邊。Islamic伊斯蘭面紗VERB + VEILwear戴面紗take做修女to take the veil (= become a nun) 做修女lift, pull back, remove, take off掀起面紗;除掉面紗VEIL + VERBcover sth, hide sth面紗蓋着⋯/掩藏着⋯A veil covered her face.面紗蒙着她的臉。PREPOSITIONbehind a/the veil在面紗後I couldn't see her face behind the veil.我看不清她蒙着面紗的臉。
veil

noun²

2sth that stops you knowing the full truth about sth掩飾物;幌子ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEdiscreet (BrE) 暗中掩飾I'll draw a discreet veil over the rest of the proceedings.我會不動聲色地將其餘的會議記錄藏起來。VERB + VEILlift揭開面紗The government has decided to lift the veil on its plans.政府決定公開各項計劃。penetrate, pierce戳破面紗draw, throw蒙上面紗It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it).後來發生的事情還是不談為妙。PREPOSITIONbehind a veil of, under a veil of在⋯掩蓋下The work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.這項工作是暗中進行的。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7969 COCA: 7300
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7969 COCA: 7300
veil
The religion of Islam: Allah, ayatollah, begum...
Layers and coverings: surface, cover, layer...
Not knowing about something: ignorant, unacquainted, unknowing...
To hide, or to hide something: hide, cover, obscure...

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