vein /vein/ n. 1.［c］静脉，血管: bind/tie up a vein 扎住血管止血；bleed a vein 放血 2.［c］叶脉；矿脉: strike gold veins 找到金矿矿脉；a vein of coal 煤层；the veins in a leaf 叶脉 3.纹理；the many-veined wings of a bee 带有许多纹理的蜜蜂的翅膀 4.［u］气质，风格(可加不定冠词)：have a vein of stubbornness 脾气顽固 There’s vein of cruelty in his nature. 他生就残酷。