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

Veneer \Ve*neer"\, n. [Cf. G. furnier or fournier. See {Veneer},
   v. t.]
   A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material
   for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf
   of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show;
   gloss; false pretense.

   {Veneer moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Chilo}; --
      so called because the mottled colors resemble those of
      veneering.