掩[yǎn] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 掩(揜)[yǎn]
- 动词- （遮盖; 掩蔽） cover; hide:
cover one's breast with coat unbuttoned;掩着怀
She covered her face in [with] her hands.她双手掩面。
- （关; 合） shut; close:with the door left unlocked or unlatched;虚掩着门
close a book掩卷
- （被卡住） get squeezed [pinched] while shutting a door, lid, etc.:I got my fingers caught in the door.手被门掩了一下。
- （乘人不备进行袭击） attack by surprise; ambush and attack:launch a surprise attack;掩袭
make a surprise attack; pounce on the enemy掩杀
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
She manufactured a false story to hide the facts.
She can't hide her deficiencies as a writer.
Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.
She said nothing was stolen, but that's just a cover-up.
The castle was hidden behind a curtain of smoke.
掩的其他解释: