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[意       思]n. 面纱，面罩
[例]  The bride's face was covered in a white veil. 新娘的脸上蒙着白色的面纱。
vt. 以面纱遮盖
[例]  The women there used to veil their faces in public. 那里的妇女过去在公共场合通常戴面纱。
vt. 掩饰，遮盖
[例]  Morning fog veiled the village. 晨雾笼罩着村庄。

更多意思

n.1.  面纱
2.  头巾
3.  托词，借口
4.  薄的遮盖物

vt.1.  戴面纱，戴面罩
2.  遮掩，掩饰

参考例句

1.	I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed.
	我建议不要谈及后来发生的那些骇人听闻的事。
2.	She raised/lowered her veil .
	她撩起[放下]面罩。
3.	He could hardly veil his contempt at my ignorance.
	他掩盖不住对我无知的轻蔑之情。
4.	draw [cast, throw] a veil over sth.
	把某事掩盖起来；避而不谈某事。
5.	Let us draw a veil over what followed.
	后来的事情我们不必提了。

常用词组

 

draw a veil over...   掩饰, 避谈