| 单词 | veil |
| 释义 | Word Frequency veil(veɪl) noun 1. a piece of more or less transparent material, usually attached to a hat or headdress, used to conceal or protect a woman's face and head 2. part of a nun's headdress falling round the face onto the shoulders 3. something that covers, conceals, or separates; mask a veil of reticence 4. the veil 5. take the veil 6. Also called: velum botany a membranous structure, esp the thin layer of cells connecting the edge of a young mushroom cap with the stipe 7. anatomy another word for caul 8. humeral veil verb 9. (transitive) to cover, conceal, or separate with or as if with a veil 10. (intransitive) to wear or put on a veil Derived forms veiler (ˈveiler) noun veilless (ˈveilless) adjective veil-like (ˈveil-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: from Norman French veile, from Latin vēla sails, pl of vēlum a coveringWord Frequency Veil(French vaɪl) noun Simone (Annie) (simɔn). 1927–2017, French stateswoman; president of the European Parliament (1979–82): a survivor of Nazi concentration camps |
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