veil
US: /ˈveɪɫ/
UK: /vˈeɪl/
UK: /vˈeɪl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
veil /veil/
- danh từ
- mạng che mặt
- to raise the veil: nâng mạng che mặt lên
- to drop the veil: bỏ mạng che mặt xuống
- trướng, màn
- the veil of the temple: bức trướng của ngôi đền
- a veil of clound: màn mây
- a veil of mist: màn sương
- the veil of night: màn đêm
- bê ngoài giả dối, lốt
- under the veil of religion: đột lốt tôn giáo
- tiếng khàn, tiếng khản (do bị cảm lạnh...)
- (như) velum
- beyond the veil
- ở thế giới bên kia, ở âm phủ
- to take the veil
- đi tu
- mạng che mặt
- ngoại động từ
- che mạng
- to veil one's face: che mặt bằng mạng
- che, ám, phủ
- a cloud veiled the sun: một đám mây che mặt trời
- che đậy, che giấu, giấu kín
- to veil one's purpose: chay đậy mục dích của mình
- to be veiled in mystery: bị giấu kín trong màn bí mật
- che mạng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a covering of very thin transparent material worn, especially by women, to protect or hide the face, or as part of a hat, etc: a bridal veil
2 a piece of fabric worn by NUNS over the head and shoulders
3 [sing.] (written) something that stops you from learning the truth about a situation: Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy. + It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it).
4 [sing.] (written) a thin layer that stops you from seeing sth: The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.
Idioms: take the veil (old-fashioned) to become a NUN
+ verb [VN]
1 to cover your face with a veil
2 (literary) to cover sth with sth that hides it partly or completely: A fine drizzle began to veil the hills. + eyes veiled with tears
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 covering, cover, screen, camouflage, cloak, curtain, mask, shroud:
A veil of silence has been drawn over the meetings. He stole away under the veil of darkness.
v.
2 cover, conceal, hide, camouflage, cloak, mask, disguise, shroud, shield, obscure:
The writer's identity was veiled from us till recently.
Collocation dictionary
1 piece of material for covering a woman's head
ADJ.
bridal
The bridal veil was fringed with lace.
VERB + VEIL
wear | lift (back), remove, take off
VEIL + VERB
cover sth
A veil covered her face.
PREP.
behind a/the ~
I couldn't see her face behind the veil.
2 sth that stops you knowing the full truth about sth
VERB + VEIL
lift
The government has decided to lift the veil on its plans.
| draw
It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it).
PREP.
behind/under ~ of
The work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.
Concise English dictionary
veils|veiled|veilingveɪl
noun
+a garment that covers the head and face
+the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
+a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
verb
+to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
+make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
