vein是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body -- 靜脈

• 1 a narrow layer of a substance that forms in or fills a crack in rock -- 礦脈；礦層，岩脈

  • A rich vein of iron ore was found in the hillside. 山坡上發現了儲量豐富的鐵礦礦脈。

• 2 a particular quality or characteristic -- 特質；特徵

  • A vein of satirical anger runs through all his work. 在他的所有作品中，字裡行間都充滿了嬉笑怒罵。

  • In its bid to be elected, the party is attempting to tap (= use) an underlying vein of nationalism in the country. 該黨正試圖利用國內潛在的民族主義傾向來競選上臺。

• 3 a style or a temporary mood -- 風格；情緒

  • The opening scene is very violent, and the rest of the movie continues in (a) similar vein. 影片一開場就充滿暴力，而其餘部分也是類似風格。

  • After laughing about the photograph, they began to talk in (a) more serious vein about the damaging effect it could have on his career. 他們笑過那張照片之後，開始認真談論它可能會對他的事業造成的破壞性影響。