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脱;丢下;低垂

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vail \Vail\, v. t. [Aphetic form of avale. See {Avale}, {Vale}.]
   [Written also {vale}, and {veil}.]
   1. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink. [Obs.]

            Vail your regard Upon a wronged, I would fain have
            said, a maid!                         --Shak.

   2. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
      submission, or the like.

            France must vail her lofty-plumed crest! --Shak.

            Without vailing his bonnet or testifying any
            reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic.
                                                  --Sir. W.
                                                  Scott.

Vail \Vail\, v. i.
   To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
   yielding, uncovering, or the like. [Written also {vale}, and
   {veil}.] [Obs.]

         Thy convenience must vail to thy neighbor's necessity.
                                                  --South.

Vail \Vail\, n. & v. t.
   Same as {Veil}.

Vail \Vail\, n. [Aphetic form of avail, n.]
   1. Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.]

            My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw
            hoards the stolen vails of his occupation.
                                                  --Chapman.

   2. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
      benefit; a windfall. [Obs.]

   3. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; --
      usually in the plural. [Written also {vale}.] --Dryden.

Vail \Vail\, n.
   Submission; decline; descent. [Obs.]