揭曉的那一刻
把掀開布的那個瞬間本身當成一樣東西來講，動詞就變成了名詞——重點從「誰掀」移到「那一刻的效果」。
the big reveal · noun · B2
The moment, often on a TV show, when something secret or a big change is finally shown.
揭曉時刻
核心畫面
Picture pulling the cloth off something. The thing was already there; it was just covered, so nobody could see it. Take the cover away and there it is. The same picture works on physical things — drawing a curtain, unveiling a statue — and on information: saying out loud what nobody had said. The only difference is whether the cover is cloth or silence. And because the moment the cloth comes off is dramatic, the word became a noun for that moment too.
reveal 可以想成「把蓋在上面的那塊布掀開」的動作：東西本來就在那裡，只是被擋著、沒人看得到，現在遮蔽物拿掉了，…更多收起
reveal 可以想成「把蓋在上面的那塊布掀開」的動作：東西本來就在那裡，只是被擋著、沒人看得到，現在遮蔽物拿掉了，它就露出來了。這個畫面可以套在實體的東西上（拉開窗簾、掀開雕像），也可以套在消息上（說出一直沒講的事）——差別只在遮住它的是布，還是「沒人說」。掀布的那一瞬間有戲劇性，所以這個字後來也直接當名詞用，指那個揭曉的時刻。From the picture
Also in this word
uncover · verb · B2
To show something that was covered or hidden so that people can see it.
露出
disclose a secret · verb · B2
To tell people about something that was secret or that they did not know before.
揭露
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
revealnoun/ɹɪˈviːl/
- 1
The outer side of a window or door frame.
- The building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance with a doorman beneath an attractive, rusticated limestone window reveal on the second floor and a very impressive and ornate limestone window reveal on the third floor flanked by female figureshttps://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/carnegie-hill/1105-park-avenue/review/7216.
- 2
informalbroadcastingcinematographycomedyA revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
- The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
- A simple dolly or crane move can be used for an effective reveal. A subject fills the frame, then with a move, something else is revealed.
revealverb/ɹɪˈviːl/
- 1
To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
- c. 1625, Edmund Waller, Of the Danger His Majesty (being Prince) Escaped in the Road at St Andero Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, / She might not, would not, yet reveal her own.
- The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
- 2
To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。