| 单词 | apron |
| 释义 | Word Frequency apron(ˈeɪprən) noun 1. a protective or sometimes decorative or ceremonial garment worn over the front of the body and tied around the waist 2. the part of a stage extending in front of the curtain line; forestage 3. a hard-surfaced area in front of or around an aircraft hangar, terminal building, etc, upon which aircraft can stand 4. a continuous conveyor belt composed usually of slats linked together 5. a protective plate screening the operator of a machine, artillery piece, etc 6. a ground covering of concrete or other material used to protect the underlying earth from water erosion 7. a panel or board between a window and a skirting in a room 8. geology a sheet of sand, gravel, etc, deposited at the front of a moraine 9. golf the part of the fairway leading onto the green 10. machinery the housing for the lead screw gears of a lathe 11. another name for skirt (sense 3) 12. tied to someone's apron strings verb 13. (transitive) to protect or provide with an apron Word origin C16: mistaken division (as if an apron) of earlier a napron, from Old French naperon a little cloth, from nape cloth, from Latin mappa napkin |
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