词源

源自德語 ，源自 (“覆盖”)，源自法語 (“布置；达成”)，源自中古法語 ，源自古法語 、 (“布置”)，源自早期古法蘭克語 frumjan (“提供”)，源自原始日耳曼語 (“使...更进一步”)。同源词有古高地德語 、 (“达成，执行，提供”)、古英語 (“执行”)。详见。

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/vəˈnɪə(ɹ)/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助)：/vəˈnɪɹ/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韻部：-ɪə(ɹ)

名词

(可數 和 不可數，複數)

1. （覆盖在粗糙材质上的装饰性质的）精制薄层
   • 1951 May, “British Railways Standard Coaches”, 出自 Railway Magazine，頁號s 327-328:

     Compartment and corridor partitions are of blockboard, with appropriate decorative veneers to suit the varied interior decoration.

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   • 1963, , “Foreword”, 出自 ‎:

     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, […].

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2. （掩饰内心想法或本性的）表面，伪装
   • 2014 12月 5, “Joy From the World”, 出自 The New York Times Magazine, retrieved 6 December 2014:

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

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动词

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. (及物，木工) 给...镶嵌装饰用薄层

   to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany

   给家具覆盖红木薄层

   • 1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, 出自 Railway Magazine，頁號 36:

     The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.

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2. (及物，比喻義) 用虚情假意掩盖
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异序词

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