English Dictionary

veneer

/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/

noun

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material. / An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings.

He used a veneer to cover the imperfections in the wood.

意味（1）

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].

意味（2）

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings.

“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer.”