English Dictionary

veneer

IPA（発音記号）

/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. / An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings.

日本語の意味

薄い美装材、または薄く貼られた上質な素材（主に木材）による仕上げ材として使われる板 / 見かけだけの魅力、または本来の姿や内面を覆い隠す仮面のような外見

The craftsman carefully matched the veneer to the grain of the table, giving it a seamless, high-end finish.

職人はテーブルの木目に薄い装飾用の突き板を慎重に合わせ、継ぎ目のない高級な仕上がりにした。

意味（1）

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].

意味（2）

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings.

“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”

veneers （ plural ）