1.（尤指女用的）面纱，面罩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新娘的面纱
2.（修女的）头巾a piece of cloth worn by nuns over the head and shoulders
3.[sing]掩饰；掩盖；借口；托辞something that stops you from learning the truth about a situation
Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.他们的工作是在秘密掩护下进行的。
It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next(= not talk about it) .最好把之后发生的事情掩盖起来。
4.[sing]薄薄的遮盖层a thin layer that stops you from seeing sth
The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.山顶笼罩在薄雾中。
1.~ sth/yourself戴面纱；戴面罩to cover your face with a veil
2.~ sth遮掩；掩饰to cover sth with sth that hides it partly or completely
A fine drizzle began to veil the hills.蒙蒙的细雨渐渐笼罩了群山。
For that reason, when he entered that state, he would cover his eyes with a veil (burma').
因此，当导师进入这种状态，他通常带上一副面罩。
Only those, who are of superstition and do not know the truth, are afraid that scientist would discover the veil of superstition.
只有盲目、不知真理者，才会拒绝让科学家动手来揭开其迷信的面纱。
You will become increasing aware that a slight twinge of annoyance is nothing but a veil drawn over intense fury.
你会愈来愈清楚，些许不悦只不过是掩饰震怒的一道障眼物罢了。
But there was, as it were, a veil before my eyes and a blindness over my mind.
但是我面前挂着一块遮眼布，遮住了我的头脑。
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.
你的唇好像一条朱红线，你的嘴也秀美。你的两太阳在帕子内，如同一块石榴。
On the company's website, Lynn is still the first radiant bride whose portrait appears in a gauzy veil, the brilliant blue sea behind her.
在该公司的网站上还保留着琳恩穿着婚纱的照片，在她的后面是一望无际的大海。
'Give me your veil, ' he said hastily to the princess. And when she had unwound it from her head he covered the mirror with it.
“把你的面纱给我。”他急促地对公主说道。接过她的面纱，他把它罩在了镜子上。
At which his mother merely pursed her lips under the lace veil that hung down from her grey velvet bonnet trimmed with frosted grapes.
听了这话，他母亲只是隔着从饰有霜冻葡萄的灰丝绒帽上垂下的网状面纱撇了撇嘴。
A veil is caught up in her right arm and draped over her head and left shoulder.
一袭面纱挽在右臂，从头上顺左肩垂下。
He was a beautiful creature, with slender legs, bright, intelligent eyes, and a mane that hung down over his neck like a veil.
他长的非常的漂亮，大腿细长，眼睛明亮有神，鬃毛从脖子上垂下来就像是戴了一个头巾。
Her hands shook as she pinned on her hat and covered herself with her black veil.
她颤者着双手转了一下帽子，然后用黑纱裹住自己。
He drew the veil from her face, and when he saw her immeasurable ugliness, he sprang back terrified, and said, how do you come here.
他从她脸上的面纱，而当他看到她不可估量的丑陋，他后面窜出吓坏了，说，你怎么来了这里。
Several times Suleiman disappeared behind a veil of dust, only to emerge out of the cloud just a few feet ahead of me.
有几次苏里曼的车消失在灰沙中，等我再看见他时，他只在我前面几英尺。
He said that included references to a recently passed law in France banning the face-covering veil, which Muslim extremists have criticized.
他说这部录像片涉及法国最近颁布的禁止蒙面的法令，这项法令遭到穆斯林极端分子的批评。
She was wearing a print dress and a hat with a veil, like somebody out of a 1940s movie.
她穿着印花裙子，带着有面纱的帽子，就像是某个从20世纪40年代的电影中走出来的人物。
Dreaming about the future was not something on Mr. Holmes's mind as he gave a reporter a rare peek behind the Disney operations veil.
霍姆斯先生可不在梦想未来，他宣称在迪斯尼操作表面的背后，仍有一次少有的高峰期。
It was also mooted that he might repeal a ban on the niqab (the veil that covers a woman's face) in universities.
有争议称，他可能会废除在大学戴nigab（女人用来遮盖脸部的面纱）的禁令。
Let me hear what you think about Rawls's claim that these two principles would be chosen behind the veil of ignorance.
Rawls声称：上面我们所说的第一和第二原则会被[无知的面纱]后的人们所选中。
He said in some cases it would not be appropriate to wear a veil for security reasons but in general they shouldn't be an issue.
他说，由于安全原因，有时候佩戴面纱并不合适，但是大多数情况下都没有问题。
One night the husband was overcome by curiosity and tried to lift his wife's veil as she slept to take a look at her face.
一天晚上，丈夫难忍好奇，试图趁着妻子睡觉时掀开面纱，看一下她的脸。
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