1piece of material for covering a woman's head面紗ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIL | VEIL + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤thin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 + VEIL➤wear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 + VERB➤cover sth, hide sth面紗蓋着⋯/掩藏着⋯◇A veil covered her face.面紗蒙着她的臉。PREPOSITION➤behind 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
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2sth that stops you knowing the full truth about sth掩飾物;幌子ADJECTIVE | VERB + VEIL | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤discreet (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 + VEIL➤lift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。PREPOSITION➤behind 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。