Vein

(noun.) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect.

(noun.) a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; 'all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood'.

(noun.) a distinctive style or manner; 'he continued in this vein for several minutes'.

(noun.) a layer of ore between layers of rock.

(noun.) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.

(verb.) make a veinlike pattern.

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• She looked at me more intently as she took it, and seemed to take note, with her momentary touch, of every vein in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There is a vein of mysticism in American life, and Mr. Bryan is its uncritical prophet. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Her coming was my hope each day, Her parting was my pain; The chance that did her steps delay Was ice in every vein. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There was Kingsbere church likewise, Fairway recommenced, as one opening a new vein of the same mine of interest. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Moreover, a vein of reason ever ran through her passion: she was logical even when fierce. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I resumed a livelier vein of conversation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Sons of white fathers, with all our haughty feelings burning in their veins, will not always be bought and sold and traded. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But it IS supposed that his Lady, who had none of the family blood in her veins, favoured the bad cause. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The impertinence made his veins go cold, he was insensible. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Her voluptuous, acute apprehension of him made the blood faint in her veins, her mind went dim and unconscious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• There was good blood in her veins, you know, by the mother's side. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• And yet her large, grave eyes upon him seemed to open some valve in his veins, and involuntarily he was telling. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• If the leaf is finely veined the lower surface makes the better print, but if the veins are coarse and large the upper surface may be used. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• They stopped before some veined salpiglossis flowers. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The white marble at the bottom of the bath was veined with a dreadful red. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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