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单词 unveil
释义 un·veil
\“+\ verb
Etymology: un- (II) + veil
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to divest of or as if of a veil
  < ended child marriage, unveiled the women — Time >
  < unveiled Olympus before my enraptured vision — W.J.Locke >
 b. : to expose by or as if by removing a veil : unmask
  < unveils a hidden alter ego by playing the piccolo for his astonished guests >
  < the physicist, wishing to unveil the … architecture of the atom — G.W.Gray b. 1886 >
 c.
  (1) : to display publicly for the first time by drawing aside a curtain or covering
   < unveil a statue >
  (2) : to make public for the first time : introduce
   < brought from London by the Theater Guild and unveiled here last Thursday — John Lardner >
2.
 a. : to disclose to the public : divulge, reveal
  < these addresses unveil as do no other writings of the great preacher his own personal experiences — C.A.Dinsmore >
  < unveiled a vision of society in the twentieth century — R.M.Lovett >
 b. : to present to the eye : exhibit, show
  < in its wide windows and slender piers … unconventional verticality is frankly unveiledAmerican Guide Series: New York >
intransitive verb
: to remove a veil : discard a protective cloak
 < unveiled before each other concerning it — Richard Blaker >
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