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.
实用例句
1. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer.
木料被锯成大块的薄板。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.
他打着受过良好教育的幌子到处欺瞒世人。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她那彬彬有礼的伪装开始露馅儿了。
来自《权威词典》
4. For the first time her veneer of politeness began to crack.
