| 单词 | apron |
| 释义 | apronWord family nounapronfulapron Air, Theatre a·pron /ˈeɪprən/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1. DFCa piece of clothing that covers the front part of your clothes and is tied around your waist, worn to keep your clothes clean, especially while cooking 围裙 2 apron strings informalCONTROL the relationship between a child and its mother, especially if the mother controls an adult son or daughter too much 母亲的控制 You’re 25 years old, and you still haven’t cut the apron strings. 你都25岁了，还没摆脱母亲的支配。 Jeff is still tied to his mother’s apron strings. 杰夫还是处处听母亲的。 3. TTA technical the hard surface in an airport on which planes are turned around, loaded, unloaded etc 停机坪 4. technical (also apron stage)APT the part of the stage in a theatre that is in front of the curtain 台口〔舞台幕前部分〕 Examples from the Corpus apron• He'd had time to wash his hands and take off his rubber gloves and apron.• It's as if somebody put June Cleaver's pearl necklace and apron on Madonna.• Sarah finished the washing-up and, taking off her apron, folded it and placed it in one of the table drawers.• She took off her apron and went upstairs from the basement to suggest the extravagance to Irena.• Our dive bombers found numerous carrier-type aircraft lined up on the apron of the field and quickly set them ablaze.• One of the cooks came in, judging by the white apron. (1500-1600) a napron, mistaken for an apron; napron ((14-16 centuries)) from Old French naperon, from nape “cloth” |
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