喜樂美語
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    Vail is a place name: a town high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, in the western United States, famous for skiing. It is one of the biggest and most expensive ski resorts in America — the kind of place rich people fly to for the winter holidays. So when an American says 'they have a house in Vail', the word is doing more than naming a town; it quietly says money.

    Vail is a place nameVail是一個地名: a town high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, in the western United States是美國西部科羅拉多州洛磯山脈裡地勢很高的一個小鎮, famous for skiing以滑雪聞名。It is one of the biggest and most expensive ski resorts in America它是美國最大、最貴的滑雪度假勝地之一 — the kind of place rich people fly to for the winter holidays就是那種有錢人會飛去過冬假的地方。So when an American says 'they have a house in Vail'所以當一個美國人說「they have a house in Vail」, the word is doing more than naming a town這個字做的不只是說出一個小鎮的名字; it quietly says money它悄悄地在說「有錢」。

    The town is young, built in the 1960s around the ski mountain, and named after Charles Vail, the engineer who put the road through the pass. Because it is a name, it always takes a capital V, and you use it with 'in' or 'to' like any town: 'in Vail', 'we're going to Vail'.

    The town is young這個小鎮很年輕, built in the 1960s around the ski mountain是1960年代圍繞著滑雪山蓋起來的, and named after Charles Vail以Charles Vail命名, the engineer who put the road through the pass就是那位把道路開通過山口的工程師。Because it is a name, it always takes a capital V因為它是專有名詞，V永遠要大寫, and you use it with 'in' or 'to' like any town而且跟其他小鎮一樣可以搭配in或to: 'in Vail', 'we're going to Vail'「in Vail」、「we're going to Vail」。

    Say it exactly like the word 'veil' (the thin cloth over a bride's face) — VAYL, one syllable.

    Say it exactly like the word 'veil' (the thin cloth over a bride's face)唸法跟veil這個字（新娘臉上蓋的那層薄紗）完全一樣 — VAYL, one syllableVAYL，一個音節。

    There is also an old English verb 'vail', meaning to lower or take off your hat as a sign of respect, but you will only ever meet that in Shakespeare, and it is not this word.

    There is also an old English verb 'vail'還有一個古老的英文動詞vail, meaning to lower or take off your hat as a sign of respect意思是把帽子放低或脫下來表示尊敬, but you will only ever meet that in Shakespeare但你只會在莎士比亞的作品裡遇到它, and it is not this word而且它跟這個字（地名）不是同一個。

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組成A place named after a person: Charles Vail, the highway engineer who built the road through the valley in the 1940s. The family surname itself goes back through Middle English vail to Old French, from Latin valeō, 'to be worth'.

原始詞典資料16 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。

Vailname/veɪl/

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    A surname.

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    A placename

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    A placename

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    A placename

vailnoun詞源 1/veɪl/

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    obsoleteProfit; return; proceeds.

    • My house is as t’were the Caue, where the yong Out-lawe hoords the stolne vayles of his occupation […]
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    obsoleteMoney given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; also vale.

    • Do you remember, how many Rich Gowns and Petticoats, how many lac’d Pinners, Hoods, Scarfs, and Nightrails, I have given you, since the three Years you have serv’d me, together with many other Vails, Perquisites, and Profits you have enjoy’d in my Service?
    • […] it is a maxim among the gentlemen of our cloth, that those masters who promise the most, perform the least; and I have often heard them say, they have found the largest vails in those families where they were not promised any.

vailnoun詞源 2/veɪl/

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    obsoleteSubmission.

vailverb詞源 2/veɪl/

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    obsoleteTo lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

    • Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle,
    • […] when he shall know it lies in vs, To banish him, and then to call him home, Twill make him vaile the topflag of his pride, And feare to offend the meanest noble man.
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    historyhuman-sciencessciencesTo lower or “dip” a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

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    obsoletenauticaltransportTo lower a sail, in salute or otherwise.

    • Both we will walke vpon the loftie cliffes, And Chriſtian Merchants that with Ruſſian ſtems Plow vp huge furrowes in the Caſpian ſea, Shall vaile to vs, as Lords of al the Lake.
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    obsoleteTo remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

    • […] Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty-plumed crest And let her head fall into England’s lap.
    • […] the Templar […], without vailing his bonnet, or testifying any reverence for the alleged sanctity of the relic, took from his neck a gold chain, which he flung on the board […]
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    obsoleteTo pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

    • She would with rich and constant pen Vail to her mistress Dian;
    • […] when a Man does not readily vail to the Opinions of approved Authors, which have been received with respect and submission by others

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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。