reveal

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈviːl/    美 /ɹɪˈvil/|/ɹɪˈviːl/|[ɹɪˈvɪil]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The outer side of a window or door frame.
    — The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female figureshttps://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/carnegie-hill/1105-park-avenue/review/7216.
  2. A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story. informal,usually
    — The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
动词 v.
  1. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. transitive
    — c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
  2. To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction. transitive

词形变化

reveals plural reveals present,singular,third-person revealing participle,present revealed participle,past revealed past

词汇关系

近义词
bare bewray betray display expose find out lay bare luster nake open reveal show uncloak uncover unfold unveil
反义词
cover cover up hide
下位词
divulge undress
衍生词
face reveal gender reveal sex reveal misreveal revealability revealable revealed religion revealee revealer revealment revelation
相关词
unveil veil velum voile dénouement plot twist

词源

词源 1
From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
词源 2
From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
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