| 单词 | apron |
| 释义 | apron —apronlike, adj. /ay"preuhn/, n. 1. a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing: a kitchen apron. 2. Anglican Ch. a similar garment extending to the knees, worn by bishops, deans, and archdeans. 3. a metal plate or cover, usually vertical, for a machine, mechanism, artillery piece, etc., for protecting those who operate it. 4. a continuous conveyor belt for bulk materials, consisting of a chain of steel plates. 5. (in a lathe) a part of the carriage holding the clutches and gears moving the toolholder. 6. a paved or hard-packed area abutting an airfield's buildings and hangars, where planes are parked, loaded, or the like. 7. a broad paved area used for parking cars, as at the end of a driveway. 8. Civ. Eng. a. any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water. b. a platform to receive the water falling over a dam. 9. the part of a stage floor in front of the curtain line. 10. Furniture. skirt (def. 6). 11. the outer border of a green of a golf course. 12. the part of the floor of a boxing ring that extends outside the ropes. 13. Also called skirt. a flat, broad piece of interior window trim immediately beneath the sill. See diag. under double-hung. 14. a strip of metal set into masonry and bent down to cover the upper edge of flashing; counterflashing. 15. the open part of a pier for loading and unloading vessels. 16. Naut. (in a wooden vessel) a piece reinforcing the stem on the after side and leading down to the deadwood. 17. Geol. a deposit of gravel and sand at the base of a mountain or extending from the edges of a glacier. 18. the frill of long hairs on the throat and chest of certain long-haired dogs, as the collie. 19. a structure erected around another structure, as for reinforcement or decoration: a high fence surrounded by a wire apron buried in the ground. v.t. 20. to put an apron on; furnish with an apron. 21. to surround in the manner of an apron: The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing. [1275-1325; 1925-30 for def. 6; 1900-05 for def. 8; ME napron (by later misconstruing a napron as an apron) < MF naperon, equiv. to nape tablecloth ( < L mappa napkin; cf. MAP) + -ron dim. suffix] |
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