(noun.) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.
(verb.) to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; 'women in Afghanistan veil their faces'.
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双语例句
She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
She turned aside her head; the neck, the clear cheek, forsaken by their natural veil, were seen to flush warm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
It had cleared in the morning, and the sun was shining with a subdued brightness through the dim veil which hangs over the great city. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
But come, I will lift a portion of the veil, and place you in possession of facts which may be of use to you in the future. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Perdita, wedded to an imagination, careless of what is behind the veil, whose charactery is in truth faulty and vile, Perdita has renounced me. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business! 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
Their veils were down, and hid their faces from me. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
At last, men felt, the ranks of diplomacy were broken, the veils of Great Power policy were rent in twain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
We let their bodies go abroad liberally enough, with smiles and ringlets and pink bonnets to disguise them instead of veils and yakmaks. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
This would seem to be secretly agreeable to Wegg, but he veils his feelings, and observes, 'Strange. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Then wrapt they in soft purple veils the rich urn, digg'd a pit, Grav'd it, built up the grave with stones, and quickly piled on it A barrow. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
She sat down among the roots of the alder tree, dim and veiled, hearing the sound of the sluice like dew distilling audibly into the night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The veiled woman with her cried out faintly. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
Party speeches were delivered, which clothed the question in cant, and veiled its simple meaning in a woven wind of words. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
I saw the white tomb again, and the veiled woman rising out of it by Hartright's side. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
These two points of view are really opposed, and the opposition is only veiled by the genius of Plato. 柏拉图.理想国.
Ursula was dim and veiled, looming over him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Against the dark draperies veiling the archway the slender figure of the handsome Greek stood out in bold relief. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
The actual world at their feet was veiling itself in dimness, and across the valley a clear moon rose in the denser blue. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
In his own mind there was only a lazy sense of pleasure, veiling the sharp edges of sensation as the September haze veiled the scene at their feet. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
This sentiment passed rapidly through William's mind as he was holding Amelia's hand, whilst the handkerchief was veiling her eyes. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.