veil
gb/vˈeɪl/ us/vˈeɪl/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 3200
fátyol, eltakar, lepel
คำนาม
A2
1
fátyol
B2
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] wears a veil
The bride wore a white veil that covered her face.
A menyasszony fehér fátylat viselt, amely eltakarta az arcát.
In some cultures, women wear a veil in public.
Egyes kultúrákban a nők nyilvános helyen fátylat viselnek.
She lifted her veil to speak to him.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
The woman wears a veil.
A nő fátylat visel.
The bride has a long veil.
A menyasszonynak hosszú fátyla van.
She takes off her veil.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'veil' with 'vale' (a valley), which is unrelated.
ความหมาย
Thin cloth covering face or head
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
wear a veil
|lift a veil
|bridal veil
|black veil
คำพ้องความหมาย
headscarf (Covers the head but not usually the face; broader category.)
คำตรงข้าม
bareheaded (Without any covering on the head.)
หัวข้อ
clothing
|culture
|ceremony
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
A thin piece of cloth that covers the face or head.
A piece of fine, often transparent cloth worn to cover the face, head, or both, for protection, modesty, or as part of a ceremony.
คำกริยา
B1
2
eltakar
A2
รูปแบบการใช้:
to veil [something]
Mist veiled the mountains in the distance.
A köd eltakarta a távoli hegyeket.
She veiled her face with a scarf.
Egy sállal eltakarta az arcát.
The truth was veiled by false reports.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
Clouds veil the sun.
Felhők takarják el a napot.
She veils her head.
Eltakarja a fejét.
Fog veils the town.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'veil' as a verb with 'vale', which is not a verb and means 'valley'.
ความหมาย
Cover with thin layer or cloth
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
veil the face
|veil the truth
|mountains veiled in mist
คำพ้องความหมาย
cover (General term for putting something over something else.)
คำตรงข้าม
uncover (To remove a covering from something.)
หัวข้อ
appearance
|concealment
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
To cover something with a thin cloth or layer so it cannot be seen clearly.
To cover something with or as if with a veil.
คำนาม
B2
3
A veil of secrecy surrounded the negotiations.
A tárgyalásokat a titokzatosság fátyla lengte körül.
Her smile was a thin veil for her anger.
Mosolya csak vékony lepel volt, amely elfedte a haragját.
The landscape was hidden behind a veil of fog.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
A veil of fog hides the city.
Ködfátyol rejti el a várost.
There is a veil of mystery around him.
A titokzatosság fátyla lengi körül.
They work under a veil of secrecy.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may take figurative uses literally and imagine an actual cloth instead of an abstract barrier.
ความหมาย
Something that hides or obscures
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
veil of secrecy
|veil of mystery
|draw a veil over
คำพ้องความหมาย
covering (General term; does not imply concealment as strongly.)
คำตรงข้าม
openness (Quality of being open and not hidden.)
หัวข้อ
metaphor
|concealment
|communication
|core_vocabulary
คำจำกัดความ
Something that hides or makes it hard to see or know the truth.
Something that acts like a covering to hide, obscure, or disguise what is behind it, especially in a figurative sense.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
veil
IPA
GB/vˈeɪl/
US/vˈeɪl/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
veil (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (veil)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: veil
- Plural: veils
Verb
- Base: veil
- 3rd Person Singular: veils
- Present Participle: veiling
- Past: veiled
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
veils
noun
veiling
verb
veiled
verb
Related words
unveil
verb B2
unveiling
noun
Negative and opposite forms
unveiled
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
draw a veil over
1/dɹˈɔ ə vˈeɪl ˈoʊvɚ/
idiom
Avoid discussing something unpleasant
To choose not to talk about something because it is unpleasant or embarrassing.
ตัวอย่าง
- I think we should draw a veil over what happened last night.
- He drew a veil over his past mistakes.
lift the veil
1/lˈɪft ðə vˈeɪl/
idiom
Reveal something hidden or secret
To make something known that was hidden before.
ตัวอย่าง
- The investigation lifted the veil on government corruption.
- Her memoir lifts the veil on life in the palace.
veil of secrecy
1/vˈeɪl əv sˈikɹəsi/
idiom
Complete secrecy around something
A situation where information is kept completely secret.
ตัวอย่าง
- The project was carried out under a veil of secrecy.
- Negotiations continued behind a veil of secrecy.
veil of secrecy
2/vˈeɪl əv sˈikɹəsi/
idiom
layer that hides full facts
A way of hiding the truth so that people cannot see or understand everything that is happening.
ตัวอย่าง
- The veil of secrecy surrounding the trial was finally lifted.
- Journalists tried to break through the veil of secrecy around the talks.
- A thick veil of secrecy still covers the organization’s finances.