Tra từ vein - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vein [vein veins veined veining] BrE [veɪn] NAmE [veɪn] noun
1. countable any of the tubes that carry blood from all parts of the body towards the heart
•the jugular vein
•The nurse was having trouble finding a vein in his arm.
compare ↑artery
see also ↑deep vein thrombosis, ↑varicose vein
2. countable any of the very thin tubes that form the frame of a leaf or an insect's wing
3. countable a narrow strip of a different colour in some types of stone, wood and cheese
4. countable a thin layer of minerals or metal contained in rock
•a vein of gold
Syn: ↑seam
5. singular ~ (of sth) an amount of a particular quality or feature in sth
•They had tapped a rich vein of information in his secretary.
•There was a vein of proverbial wisdom in what he said.
6. singular, uncountable a particular style or manner
•A number of other people commented in a similar vein.
•‘And that's not all,’ he continued in angry vein.
•Other speakers tackled the same problem in a lighter vein.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French veine, from Latin vena. The earliest senses were ‘blood vessel’ and ‘small natural underground channel of water’.

Example Bank:
•Fortunately, the rest of the evening continued in a lighter vein.
•He felt the adrenalin coursing through his veins.
•She uses make-up to hide the thread veins in her cheeks.
•The philosopher Seneca opened his veins in his bath.
•The team have hit a rich vein of form recently.
•The veins stood out on her throat and temples.
•The writer tapped into a rich vein of humour in the play.
•There's a drop of Irish blood in her veins.