veneer: [17] Veneer is ultimately the same word as furnish. Both come from Old French fournir, but veneer was routed via German, which borrowed fournir as furniren. The verbal noun derived from this, furnirung, was borrowed into English as faneering in the highly specialized sense ‘provision of a thin surface layer of fine wood’. The noun veneer was a back-formation from this. => furnish
veneer (n.)
1702, from German Furnier, from furnieren "to cover with a veneer, inlay," from French fournir "to furnish, accomplish," from Middle French fornir "to furnish," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German frumjan "to provide;" see furnish). From German to French to German to English. Figurative sense of "mere outward show of some good quality" is attested from 1868.
veneer (v.)
1728 (earlier fineer, 1708), from German furnieren (see veneer (n.)). Related: Veneered; veneering.
雙語例句
1. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.
木料被鋸成大塊的薄板。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.
他打著受過良好教育的幌子到處欺瞞世人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她那彬彬有禮的偽裝開始露餡兒了。
來自《權威詞典》
4. For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.