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名词 veneer:

1. coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
   同义词：veneering
2. an ornamental coating to a building
   同义词：facing

动词 veneer:

1. cover with veneer

1. The furniture is made of plywood covered in teak veneer.
   这家具是用贴柚木薄片的合板做成的。
2. A layer of decoration, such as gold leaf or wood veneer, applied to a surface.
   饰面一层修饰，如金箔或木镶板，铺于表层上
3. Much modern furniture is not solid but using a sandwich of wood veneer on plywood.
   许多现代家俱用的并非实心木料，而是在胶合板上镶上一层木板饰面而已。

ve.neer

n.（名词）
A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
饰面薄板；镶板：粘在低质材料的基部的薄表层，如有精细木纹的木板
Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.
薄木片：粘在一起制成胶合板的任何一层薄木板
A decorative facing, as of brick.
饰面，护面：由硅石等构成的起装饰作用的面层
A deceptive, superficial show; a faôade:
虚饰；外观：骗人的表面印象；外表：
例句：
a veneer of friendliness.
友好的外表

v.tr.（及物动词）
ve.neered,ve.neer.ing,ve.neers
To overlay (a surface) with a thin layer of a fine or decorative material.
镶饰；饰（面）：把由精细的或装饰性材料构成的薄表层贴在（某个表面）上
To glue together (layers of wood) to make plywood.
把（木片层）粘合成胶合板
To conceal, as something common or crude, with a deceptively attractive outward show.
虚饰：用欺骗的诱人外观掩饰普通的或粗陋的东西等

来源：
Alteration of obsolete faneering
废语 faneering的变化
from German Furnierung
源自 德语 Furnierung
from furnieren [to furnish, veneer]
源自 furnieren [装饰；镶饰]
from French fournir [to furnish]
源自 法语 fournir [装饰]
from Old French furnir
源自 古法语 furnir
[of Germanic origin] * see per
[源于日耳曼语] *参见 per

【引伸】
veneer.er
n.（名词）