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单词 trappings
释义
trappingstrap‧pings /ˈtræpɪŋz/ noun [plural] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtrappings
Origin:
1500-1600 trap ‘to decorate’ (14-20 centuries), from trap ‘cloth’ (14-18 centuries), from Old French drap; DRAPE
Examples
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  • But this was a warrior king who had all the trappings but little of the reality of war.
  • Freed from the trappings of conventional morality, Van Ness is at liberty to invent his own.
  • I had the trappings of success, of social acceptability.
  • Such companies are leaving the traditional trappings of corporate existence behind.
  • The trappings of prominent elected offices do not shield the occupants from the challenges, temptations and failures of daily life.
  • The large Palace library, Victorian in its solid mahogany trappings, was lightly clad with the Bishop's books.
  • The rescue was launched early Friday with all the trappings of a crack military operation.
things such as money, influence, possessions etc that are related to a particular type of person, job, or way of lifetrappings of the trappings of power
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