| 释义 |
apron/ˈeipr(ə)n/n. 1a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and tied at the back 围裙，围腰 b official clothing of this kind 似围裙的正式服装 bishop's apron 主教服 c anything resembling an apron in shape or function 任何形状或作用类似围裙的东西 2 Theatr. the part of a stage in front of the curtain 【戏】台口，台边(指幕布前的舞台部分) 3 the hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or loading aircraft (机场的)停机坪 4 an endless conveyor belt 链板传送皮带 □ tied to a person's apron strings dominated by or dependent on that person (usu. a woman) 受制于，依赖于(某女人) □ aproned adj.□ apronful n. (pl. -fuls)[Middle English naperon etc. from Old French, diminutive of nape ‘tablecloth’ from Latin mappa: for loss of n cf. ADDER] |