Noun the author goes on in that sarcastic vein for pages
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Still, there's a deep vein of humor and humanity that Polley and her actors mine from the text, and something quietly mesmerizing in their meticulous world-building. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Moreover, unlike the all-American Apollo program in the 1960s, the Artemis program will include a rich vein of international cooperation. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022 But with prices shooting up this year, his miners—all six of them—were back in El Diamante again, this time finding a rich vein in a shaft that runs 200 feet deep. Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 City is in a rich vein of form, too, especially with Foden taking on the scoring and creative mantle while playing in the false-nine role. Steve Douglas, ajc, 23 Oct. 2021 Led by hosts Jon Weigell and Charlie Cooper, the tournament brought dramatic flair to the livestream studio with a fictionalized narrative built around the event in the vein of pro wrestling. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2022 Mike Feuer’s mayoral campaign before Feuer dropped out and endorsed Bass — suggested that Caruso might be learning a difficult lesson in the vein of former gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Al Checchi, who both lost badly after spending big. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 Look Both Ways Netflix movie First up is Look Both Ways, a romantic dramedy sort of in the vein of Sliding Doors. Andy Meek, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022 Under chairman John Landgraf, FX now sees itself as a brand in the vein of Marvel and Lucasfilm, but under Disney General Entertainment oversight, developing/producing/marketing its own content that is then seen mostly on Hulu. Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022
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Companies are offering marble-look tile in unexpected hues like magenta and green, or with veining in gold or copper.Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019 Coming up, says Tien: Parker House rolls veined with scallions and shallots, a riff on Chinese scallion pancakes. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019 Quartzite comes in an array of colors and veining that ranges from subtle to bold. Jeff Reina, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2019 Instead, the crust is dense and focaccia-like, its insides veined with olive oil. Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2019 Against an uncharacteristically gray June Parisian sky, veined with fine clouds like marble, Pierpaolo Piccioli, the 52-year-old creative director of Valentino, crouches contemplatively, brow furrowed, chin resting on fist. Mariano Vivanco; Fashion Editor: Miguel Enamorado, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2019 The border region of Lombardy adopted blue-veined cheese over mozzarella, and substituted rice for the ubiquitous Italian pasta. Jim Kempton, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2019 Kayak through the General Carrera Lake’s Marble Chapels, a network of glacial caves veined with blue striations carved from calcium carbonate by over 6,000 years of water pressure.National Geographic, 5 July 2019 Taking 579 years and at least 78 chief architects to complete, the cathedral is one of the jewels of Europe; a canal network was created just to transport slabs of its pink-veined marble from Lake Maggiore 50 miles away. Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-French veine, going back to Latin vēna "blood vessel, channel," of obscure origin
1tube carrying blood in the body血管ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIN | VEIN + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤blue青筋◇A blue vein throbbed in his forehead.他額頭上的一根青筋突突直跳。➤broken, spider, thread, varicose破裂的靜脈;蛛狀靜脈曲張;絲狀脈紋;曲張的靜脈◇She uses make-up to hide the thread veins in her cheeks.她靠化妝來遮掩面頰上的紅血絲。➤jugular頸靜脈➤hepatic, pulmonary, renal, etc. (allmedical醫學) 肝靜脈、肺靜脈、腎靜脈等VERB + VEIN➤course through, flow through, pump through, race through, run through, rush through, surge through流過靜脈;流經靜脈;通過靜脈輸送;急速流過靜脈;快速湧過靜脈◇He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.他感覺到自己血脈賁張。➤cut, open, sever切開靜脈;割脈◇The philosopher Seneca opened his veins in his bath.哲學家塞內加在浴缸裏割開了自己的靜脈。➤inject sth into將⋯注入靜脈VEIN + VERB➤pulse, throb靜脈跳動/顫動▸➤bulge, pop out, stand out靜脈鼓起;靜脈突出◇The veins stood out on her throat and temples.她的脖子和太陽穴處青筋暴起。PHRASES➤... blood in sb's veins有⋯血統◇There's a drop of Irish blood in her veins.她有一點兒愛爾蘭血統。vein
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2particular style/quality特色;風格ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤rich強烈的風格VERB + VEIN➤hit, strike形成/具有⋯風格◇The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.近來球隊已達到最佳競技狀態。➤mine, tap, tap into利用特色PREPOSITION➤vein of⋯特色◇The writer tapped into a rich vein of sentiment in the play.作者在劇中加入了大量的情感元素。PHRASES➤in a different vein, in a lighter vein, in a more serious vein以不同的/以較輕鬆的/以較嚴肅的風格◇Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.值得慶幸的是,那天晚上後來的氣氛變得輕鬆了。➤in a related vein, in the same vein, in a similar vein以相近的/以同樣的/以類似的風格