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Change log entry 77491
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2023-02-09 11:09:28 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 73046 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
Dicts:

LA ~ 留有空隙,不緊密地遮掩。[例]門窗虛掩。

Wiktionary ~ (門、窗等)呈現半開狀態的,打開到一半的,不完全打開或關上的。

Dr.eye ~ with the door left unlocked or unlatched; half open, half closed

GF, NA, NC etc mention "unbuttoned"

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Usually 虛掩 relates to doors etc that are not completely shut, but in the following examples, I think it means "to partially obscure".

至於蘇峰男的山水,峻峭的峰巒虛掩著朦朧的水雲,呈現一種超然世外的意境,
Su Fung-nan's landscapes are filled with transcendental, mist-shrouded crags and cliffs,

觀者自然而然隨著藝術家揭開城市面紗的步驟,也反向揭開自己心底一層層虛掩的薄膜。
The viewer follows behind the artist as he lifts the veil on the city, while also peeling away layer after layer inside one’s own mind.

房价是涨是跌? 数字迷雾虚掩上海楼市真实走向

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Other examples:

跳起來伸一個懶腰,又想了一想,就踱到女兒房外來。房門是虛掩著。
He thought for a moment, then strode back to the door of his daughter's room. It was now standing ajar.

入口紗門虛掩,廚房的鍋爐熊熊灶火正燃,
Through the screen door at the entrance, bright flames could be seen rearing up from the kitchen stove.

台灣出版業者如何叩進大陸虛掩的門扉?
How do Taiwanese publishers plan to get their foot in the half-closed door of the mainland?

小木屋虚掩着的门被推开,婷宜兴高采烈地抱着一本书走进来,脚步却在踏进屋子的那一刻猛地停住。

虛掩的大門堙A繪著海水、蛟龍和大魚的照牆,立在水井之前。
Behind a half-open gate, a screen wall painted with a foaming sea, a dragon and two large fish stands in front of the well.
Diff:
+ 虛掩 虚掩 [xu1 yan3] /to partially obscure/(of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked/(of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned/
By MDBG 2025
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