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BNC: 13907 COCA: 13417

veneer

noun
/vəˈnɪə(r)/
/vəˈnɪr/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a thin layer of wood or plastic that is stuck to the surface of cheaper wood with glue, especially on a piece of furniture飾面薄板，薄片鑲飾（尤用於家具上）
    • pine, with a walnut veneer鬆木，胡桃木貼面
    • The chest is solid oak, not veneer.胸部是實心橡木，不是貼面。
    Extra Examples
    • Some of the frames are inlaid with veneers.一些框架鑲有單板。
    • The chest is made of mahogany with a veneer of rosewood.箱子是紅木做的，鑲着一層紅木。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thin
    verb + veneer
    • acquire
    • add
    • maintain
    • …
    veneer + verb
    • hide something
    • mask something
    • crack
    • …
    preposition
    • behind a/​the veneer
    • beneath a/​the veneer
    • under a/​the veneer
    • …
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  2. [singular] veneer (of something) (formal) an outer appearance of a particular quality that hides the true nature of somebody/something虛假的外表；虛飾
    • Her veneer of politeness began to crack.她那彬彬有禮的僞裝開始露餡兒了。
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    • He concealed his darker side behind a veneer of respectability.他將自己陰暗的一面隐藏在體面的外表之下。
    • He managed to acquire a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his real ignorance.他裝出有點兒知識的樣子，用來掩飾自己的無知。
    • The lyrics strip the veneer of respectability from the music歌詞讓配樂變得不再光鮮。
    • They have stripped the veneer of jingoism from the play, by showing war in its true horror.他們剝除了極端愛國主義的外衣，在劇中展示了戰爭恐怖的實質。
    • They're brutal people behind their civilized veneer.他們表面上彬彬有禮，骨子裏卻是野蠻殘忍。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • thin
    verb + veneer
    • acquire
    • add
    • maintain
    • …
    veneer + verb
    • hide something
    • mask something
    • crack
    • …
    preposition
    • behind a/​the veneer
    • beneath a/​the veneer
    • under a/​the veneer
    • …
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    3. Word Originearly 18th cent. (earlier as fineer): from German furni(e)ren, from Old French fournir ‘furnish’.

veneer

verb
/vəˈnɪə(r)/
/vəˈnɪr/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they veneer
/vəˈnɪə(r)/
/vəˈnɪr/
he / she / it veneers
/vəˈnɪəz/
/vəˈnɪrz/
past simple veneered
/vəˈnɪəd/
/vəˈnɪrd/
past participle veneered
/vəˈnɪəd/
/vəˈnɪrd/
-ing form veneering
/vəˈnɪərɪŋ/
/vəˈnɪrɪŋ/
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  1. to cover the surface of something with a veneer of wood, etc.（用薄片鑲飾等）飾面，覆蓋
    • be veneered with/in something The bed was veneered with cherrywood.這張床鑲有櫻桃木。
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (earlier as fineer): from German furni(e)ren, from Old French fournir ‘furnish’.

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