女神殿

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