veils
n. (绘画)层式法(在白色背景上涂一层薄而透明的油色,使,背景加染色彩,并能保持光泽的效果); 面纱( veil的名词复数 ); 掩饰; 覆盖物; 薄薄的遮盖层
v. 用面纱遮盖( veil的第三人称单数 ); 遮盖,掩饰
A veil is a piece of thin soft cloth that women sometimes wear over their heads and which can also cover their face.
She's got long fair hair but she's got a veil over it...
她有一头金色的长发,但她用头巾包住了。
She swathes her face in a veil of decorative muslin.
她用装饰性的薄纱遮住了脸。
You can refer to something that hides or partly hides a situation or activity as a veil .
The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy...
这个国家暗地里正试图把失势的首相赶下台。
The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.
沉默背后的骇人真相慢慢显露出来。
You can refer to something that you can partly see through, for example a mist, as a veil.
The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere...
火山爆发在高层大气中留下了一层薄薄的尘土。
He recognized the coast of England through a veil of mist...
透过薄雾他认出了那是英格兰的海岸线。
If you draw a veil over something, you stop talking about it because it is too unpleasant to talk about.
The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
想要掩饰部长婚外情的喧嚣叫嚷之声让人倍感虚伪。
It's just the Great Northwest , wearing me down, stripping off the layers like Solomon's seven veils.
只是大西北把我制服了, 剥去了一层层象所罗门七层面纱似的东西.
I wore this veil because he used to be so crazy about veils.
我带着这个因为他常常为这个而疯狂.
I knew at sunset I would meet the ascending veils of dread.
我知道会在黄昏见到那令人畏惧的幕布升起.
On windy days some women wear veils on the street.
有风的日子,一些女士上街时戴着面纱.
Regular order will not be less than 100 veils.
经常为了将不会少于100面纱.