English Dictionary

veil

IPA（発音記号）

/veɪl/

名詞

比喩的用法

Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

日本語の意味

顔や物を覆い、隠すために用いられる、薄手で透ける生地（ガーゼやクレープなど）で作られた布。

She lifted her veil to reveal a bright smile that eased his nerves.

彼女は顔を覆うベールを上げて、彼の緊張を和らげる明るい笑顔を見せた。

意味（1）

Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.

The veil of the temple was rent in twain.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Anything that partially obscures a clear view.

Above the smoky veil over the town rose Akerhus fort, with its towers standing out in sharp relief against the mirror of the fjord, beyond where the Nœs point loomed as a black shadow.

意味（3）

A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.

[I will] pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the so seeming Mistress Page.

意味（4）

A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)

a nun's veil

意味（5）

(biology) The calyptra of mosses.

意味（6）

(zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).

意味（7）

(mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.

意味（8）

(mycology) A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.

意味（9）

An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.

意味（10）

(figuratively, parapsychology) That which separates the living and the spirit world.

I have heard most furious bigots talking through the veil. So have I, for that matter, said Malone, and in this very room.

veils （ plural ）