apron
/ˈeɪprən/noun
1
- a protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and tied at the back围裙。
1.1
- a similar garment worn as part of official dress, as by a bishop or Freemason（似围裙的）教会法衣（如主教或共济会成员的法衣）。
1.2
- a sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination（作X光检查时保护身体的）铅片。
2
- a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure（靠近或毗连较大区域或建筑的）小区域：
a tiny apron of garden.
与花园毗连的小块地皮。
2.1
- a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft（机场上的）停机坪。
2.2
- （亦作apron stage）a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain舞台前缘, 台唇。
2.3
- US an area of tarmac where the drive of a house meets the road〈美〉屋前汽车道与大路的连接处。
2.4
- Geology an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain【地质】石帷裙, 冰川前沙砾层。
2.5
- the narrow strip of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes拳击台围绳外的狭长部分。
3
- an object resembling an apron in shape or function, in particular（形状, 功能）像围裙的, 尤指：
3.1
- a covering protecting an area or structure, for example from water erosion（地区或建筑的）防护带（用于防止潮气侵蚀等）
3.2
- often as modifier an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates链板传送机：
apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill.
链板传送机把粗矿石送到磨石机上。
短语
(tied to) someone's apron strings
- (too much under) the influence and control of someone（过于）受…影响和控制的：
we have all met sturdy adults who are tied to mother's apron strings.
我们都见过事事听命于自己母亲的身强力壮的成年人。
词源
Middle English naperon, from Old French， diminutive of nape, nappe 'tablecloth'， from Latin mappa 'napkin'. The n was lost by wrong division of a napron; compare with ADDER1.