veil
Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from viewSomething 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 ignorance is getting thinner.
Der Schleier der Unwissenheit wird dünner.
Завеса невежества становится все тоньше.
Значение
значений: 10Something 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.
Vorhang
покрыва́лоpokryválo, заве́саzavésa
покрива́лоpokryválo, покри́вкаpokrývka, заві́саzavísa
(переносно)Anything that partially obscures a clear view.
A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
a nun's veil
a paten veil
Schleier
вуа́льvuálʹ, фата́fatá
вуа́льvuálʹ, ве́льонvélʹon, серпанокserpanok
the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
The calyptra of mosses.
Velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa).
A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
(переносно)That which separates the living and the spirit world.
Примеры
предложений: 53The veil of ignorance is getting thinner.
Завеса невежества становится все тоньше.
deDer Schleier der Unwissenheit wird dünner.
Her innocuous statement was actually a veiled insult.
Её безобидное высказывание на самом деле было завуалированным оскорблением.
deIhre harmlose Aussage war eigentlich eine verschleierte Beleidigung.
This bride is covering her face with a veil.
Невеста прикрывает лицо фатой.
It was night, and a veil of darkness covered the streets.
Была ночь, и тёмная пелена накрыла улицы.
Is that a veiled threat?
Это скрытая угроза?
ukЦе прихована загроза?
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veiFrom Middle English veil, veyl, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French veil (“sail, veil, shroud”) (Francien Old French voil, French voile), Latin vēlum (“cloth, covering”). Displaced Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”) (compare German Schleier). Doublet of velum and voile.
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Формы
мн. число: veilsСинонимы
синонимов: 5- a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms:velum
- a garment that covers the head and face:head covering
- a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl:humeral veil
- the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth):caulembryonic membrane