n.[C]

1. 面纱，面罩[C]
   The bride's face was covered in a white veil.

   新娘的脸上蒙着白色的面纱。

2. 帷幕；遮蔽物[S][（+of）]
   There was a veil of mist over the mountains.

   山上覆盖着一层薄雾。

3. 托词；幌子[the S][（+of）]
   They did evil under the veil of patriotism.

   他们在爱国主义的幌子下作恶。

4. 修女生涯；修女头巾[the S]
   She took the veil when she was 18.

   她十八岁时当了修女。

vt.

1. 以面纱遮掩
   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。

2. 用帷幕分隔
3. 掩饰；遮盖
   She made no attempt to veil the contempt in her voice.

   她语气中毫不掩饰她的轻蔑。

   Morning fog veiled the village.

   晨雾笼罩着村庄。

vi.

1. 戴面纱
2. 【摄】出现轻度灰雾

n.

1. a piece of fine material worn to protect or conceal the face.
   ▸a piece of fabric forming part of a nun's headdress, resting on the head and shoulders.
2. a thing that conceals, disguises, or obscures:
   an eerie veil of mist.
3. (in Jewish antiquity) the piece of precious cloth separating the sanctuary from the body of the Temple or the Tabernacle.
4. Botany  a membrane which is attached to the immature fruiting body of some toadstools and ruptures in the course of development.

v.

▸ [usu. as adj. veiled] partially conceal or disguise:

a thinly veiled threat.