Veneer

veneer



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膠合板的一層



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–noun 

1. a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood. 

2. any of the thin layers of wood glued together to form plywood. (夾板;膠合板)

3. Building Trades. a facing of a certain material applied to a different one or to a type of construction not ordinarily associated with it, as a facing of brick applied to a frame house. 

4. a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance: 



a [cruel] person with a veneer of [kindliness].  



–verb (used with object) 

5. to overlay or face (wood) with thin sheets of some material, as a fine wood, ivory, or tortoise shell. 

6. to face or cover (an object) with any material that is more desirable as a surface material than the basic material of the object; 

revet. [ri-vet] 用石、水泥等覆蓋(堤岸、壁等的表面),鞏固

7. to cement (layers of wood veneer) to form plywood. 

8. to give a superficially valuable or pleasing appearance to.  



—Synonyms 

4. facade, front, show, mask, guise.



facade

fa/sad/

(建築物的)正面;前面





 　

When he encounters her again in Rome, he tries to convince her that her liberated behavior with an Italian admirer 



may sully her reputation 



in aristocratic circles. But Winterbourne cannot [reconcile] his own feelings for Daisy with the manners that he is used to following, nor can he fathom how she may feel about him 



beneath her veneer [of] [willful coquetry]. 





veer beguile

laminate

crate lacerate

coquetry riveting [riv-it] 



tarnish