n.[C]

1. 静脉，血管
   Just over each temple there were little blue veins.

   就在两鬓太阳穴上面显露着青色的细小静脉。

2. 【植】叶脉
3. 【动】翅脉
4. 【地】矿脉
   After years of prospecting, they struck gold veins.

   经过多年勘探之后，他们找到了金矿矿脉。

5. （木，石等的）纹理，条纹
6. 裂缝
7. 气质；倾向；才干[S][（+of）]
   He had no comedy vein in his youth.

   他年轻时没有演喜剧的才干。

8. 特色，格调[S][（+of）]
   There is a vein of melancholy in his character.

   他的性格有点忧郁。

9. 心情，心境[the S]
   I am not in the vein for jokes.

   我没有心思开玩笑。

vt.

1. 使有脉络（或条纹）；使呈脉络状[H]
   The window was veined with cracks.

   那窗户布满了道道裂纹。

n.

1. any of the tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from all parts of the body towards the heart.
   ▸(in general use) a blood vessel.
2. (in plants) a slender rib running through a leaf, typically dividing or branching, and containing vascular tissue.
   ▸(in insects) a hollow rib forming part of the supporting framework of a wing.
3. a streak or stripe of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc.
   ▸a fracture in rock containing a deposit of minerals or ore.
   ▸a source of a specified quality:

   he has tapped a national vein of anger.
4. a distinctive quality, style, or tendency:
   he closes his article in a humorous vein.