vail是什么意思音标:英 [veil]

vi. 降下；脱帽；有利

n. & v. t. Same as Veil.
n. Avails; profit; return; proceeds.
n. An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or
benefit; a windfall.
n. Money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually
in the plural.
v. t. To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
v. t. To lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence,
submission, or the pke.
v. i. To yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by
yielding, uncovering, or the pke.
n. Submission; decpne; descent.