n. 1.面纱，面罩。 2.(修女的)头巾；〔比喻〕修女生活。 3.幔，帐，幕；遮布；遮蔽物。 4.口实，假托。 5.【解、动、植】＝ velum. 6.声音不响亮。 短语和例子 beyond the veil在来世，在死后的无知境界。 draw a [the] veil over 遮掩，掩藏；避不说明。 drop a veil放下面罩。 pass the veil死去。 raise a veil揭开面罩。 take the veil(带上面纱)做修女。 under the veil of 躲在…的背后，假托…。 within the veil在天国。 vt. 使盖上面纱；遮盖；隐匿。 vi. 蒙上面纱。 be veiled in mystery 隐藏在神秘中。 veiled threats 暗示性的恫吓。 a veiled voice 不清楚的声音，微哑的声音。
a garment that covers the head and face 同义词：head covering,
a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl 同义词：humeral veil,
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 同义词：caul, embryonic membrane,
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms 同义词：velum,
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" 同义词：obscure, blot out, obliterate, hide,
to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"
A veil is an article of clothing, worn almost exclusively by women, that is intended to cover some part of the head or face.
例句与用法
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At any moment they may break the veil . 这种帷帐随时都有可能被揭开。
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Let us draw a veil over what followed . 我们将后来的事瞒住吧！
3.
Night once more veiled the main striking force . 夜幕又一次覆罩着主力部队。
4.
The veil she was wearing obscured her features . 她罩的面纱遮掩了她的面容。
5.
I replied with a thinly veiled warning . 我以一种几乎不加掩饰的警告口吻回答。
6.
The land is draped in a veil of mist . 烟雾笼罩着大地。
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I thought the veiled threat of war was bluff . 我认为那含蓄的战争恫吓是吓唬人的。
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He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance . 他掩盖不住对我无知的轻蔑之情。
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The veil of the temple is yellow . 圣殿的幕是黄色的。
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The mountains beyond are veiled in a dreamy purple haze . 那边山脉笼罩在朦胧紫雾中。
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