veneer
n. 饰面,护面; 外饰,虚饰; 表层饰板; 薄木片
vt. 给…镶以饰片; 虚饰,粉饰; 镶盖; 胶合
If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good.
He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education...
他打着受过良好教育的幌子到处欺瞒世人。
His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.
他超级整洁的形象使其新设的专业骗局看起来很正规很体面。
Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something.
The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer...
木料被锯成大块的薄板。
Only the finest timbers and veneers are used.
只用上好的木料和饰面板。
1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
2. an ornamental coating to a building
1. cover with veneer;
Though a Tartar strain in many North China peasants, there is also a veneer of civilization.
虽然不少华北农民具有鞑靼民族的血统, 但同时他们也拥有悠久的文明传统.
For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她温文尔雅的外表第一次露出破绽.
The base , usually of soft or inferior wood, to which veneer glued.
'心'.''''.'板'.''通常柔软或劣质的木板的中心''.'板'.''在它上面粘上胶合木片.
Money stripped off the veneer of good manners.
金钱令他撕去了彬彬有礼的外表.
The table is made of plywood covered in teak veneer.
这张桌子是以镶以柚木饰面薄板的合板制成的.