Voile is a very light, very thin cloth that you can almost see through. It can be made of cotton, wool, or silk. Hold a piece up to the window and the light comes straight through it, but you cannot see the world outside clearly — it softens everything.

Voile is a very light, very thin clothVoile是一種非常輕、非常薄的布料，that you can almost see through幾乎可以透視過去。It can be made of cotton, wool, or silk可以用棉、羊毛或絲做成。Hold a piece up to the window拿一塊對著窗戶，and the light comes straight through it光線會直接穿過去，but you cannot see the world outside clearly但外面的世界看不清楚——it softens everything它把一切都變得柔和。

It is a technical word from the world of sewing and curtains rather than an everyday one. The two places you will actually meet it: net curtains at a window (very common in shops selling home things — 'voile curtains'), and light summer dresses, blouses, and scarves.

It is a technical word from the world of sewing and curtains這是縫紉和窗簾業界的專業用詞，rather than an everyday one而不是日常用字。The two places you will actually meet it你實際上會在兩個地方遇到它：net curtains at a window窗戶上的紗簾 (very common in shops selling home things — 'voile curtains')（在賣家居用品的店裡很常見，叫'voile curtains'），and light summer dresses, blouses, and scarves還有輕薄的夏季洋裝、上衣和圍巾。

As a material word it is uncountable — you say 'made of voile', 'a metre of voile', not 'a voile'. But shops selling curtains often break this rule and say 'voiles' for the curtains themselves.

As a material word it is uncountable當成材質的字它是不可數的——'made of voile''made of voile'（voile做的）、'a metre of voile''a metre of voile'（一公尺的voile），not 'a voile'不會說'a voile'。But shops selling curtains often break this rule但賣窗簾的店常常打破這個規則，and say 'voiles' for the curtains themselves直接用'voiles'來指窗簾本身。

A note on saying it: it is French, and English keeps the French sound — VOYL, rhyming with 'oil' with a v in front. Not 'VOY-lay' and not the same as the exclamation voilà, which is a different word that just happens to look similar.

A note on saying it講到怎麼唸有個重點：it is French這是法文字，and English keeps the French sound英文保留了法文的發音——VOYL, rhyming with 'oil' with a v in front唸作VOYL，跟'oil'押韻、前面加個v的音。Not 'VOY-lay'不是'VOY-lay'，and not the same as the exclamation voilà也跟感嘆詞voilà不一樣，which is a different word that just happens to look similar那是剛好長得很像的另一個字。