英语词汇“apron”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	apron
释义	Trends of apron View usage for: apron (eɪprən) Word forms: plural aprons 1. countable noun An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes and tie round your waist, especially when you are cooking, in order to prevent your clothes from getting dirty. See apron strings 2. countable noun [usually the NOUN in singular] At an airport, the apron is the area of hard ground where aircraft are parked. Synonyms: pinny, overall, pinafore [informal] More Synonyms of apron apron in British English (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 apron in American English (ˈeɪprən) noun 1. a garment of cloth, leather, etc. worn over the front part of the body, usually to protect one's clothes 2. anything like an apron in appearance or use ; specif., a. a covering or extending part for protecting or shielding a structure, machine, etc. b. a waterproof protecting shield in an open vehicle c. the hard-surfaced area, often paved, in front of or next to the terminal or hangars of an airport d. a broadened part of an automobile driveway, as where it joins the roadway e. the part of a proscenium stage in front of the arch f. an endless belt for carrying things g. a protective work of planking or other material along a river bank, below a dam, etc. verb transitive 3. to put an apron on or provide an apron for Derived forms apronlike (ˈapronˌlike) adjective Word origin by faulty separation of a napron < ME napron < OFr naperon < nape, a cloth < L mappa, napkin More idioms containing apron apron strings Image of apron © Dmitry Zimin, Shutterstock Examples of 'apron' in a sentence apron Want to snap the apron strings completely during your gap year? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Her face became the colour of her clean white apron. Frances Hodgson Burnett Emily Fox-Seton (1901) They are wearing white aprons and hats. Times, Sunday Times (2014) After introductions she sat on the apron stage and studied her script. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This is a young man who wants to escape the apron strings and do things for himself. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Your guests want to see more of you than of your apron strings endlessly retreating into the kitchen. Thomas Blaikie Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners (2005) And then they donned the rubber aprons and set to work '. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) My shirt was like a butcher 's apron. The Sun (2011) Beneath her white apron, her secrets remain hers. The Sun (2009) The bullied schoolboy who clung to his mother's apron strings had done well for himself. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The apron strings have to be cut, love. The Sun (2009) Is it reasonable to infer that he also is tied to mother's apron strings? Times, Sunday Times (2012) Women in the grading room wore white hats and plastic aprons; they stood at benches sorting seriously. Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994) Best of all is the restitution of the apron stage, bringing the actors right into the auditorium. Times, Sunday Times (2012) To either side of the path, waiters in starched white aprons held silver champagne trays out to celebrities. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Smart waitresses in white blouses and aprons led me swiftly to a wooden table with a tall, white candle. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He must have been freezing in just a tiny apron and bow tie, so my first wish was for him to get indoors! The Sun (2011) He wanted to bring the audience and the actors closer together so he built an apron stage over the orchestra pit at the Savoy. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was hard work and I had to wear a bow tie and a bright green apron. The Sun (2011) Still, shock over, we donned our aprons and got stuck in. Times, Sunday Times (2009) So I was the apple of her eye, very much tied to her apron strings. Times, Sunday Times (2008) When I was five years old my mother made me a white butcher's apron. Christianity Today (2000) Word lists with apron articles of clothing, articles of clothing In other languages apron British English: apron /ˈeɪprən/ NOUN An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your clothes to prevent them from getting dirty. American English: apron Arabic: مَرْيَلَة Brazilian Portuguese: avental Chinese: 围裙 Croatian: pregača Czech: zástěra Danish: forklæde til madlavning Dutch: schort European Spanish: delantal cocina Finnish: esiliina French: tablier cuisine German: Schürze Greek: ποδιά Italian: grembiule Japanese: エプロン Korean: 앞치마 Norwegian: forkle Polish: fartuch European Portuguese: avental Romanian: șorț Russian: фартук Latin American Spanish: delantal Swedish: förkläde klädsel Thai: ผ้ากันเปื้อน Turkish: önlük Ukrainian: фартух Vietnamese: tạp dề All related terms of 'apron' apron stage a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it apron string a string for tying an apron on apron strings If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings , you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person. tied to someone's apron strings dependent on or dominated by someone, esp a mother or wife tied to one's mother's (or wife's, etc.) apron strings dominated by one's mother (or wife , etc.) Chinese translation of 'apron' apron (ˈeɪprən) n (c) (= clothing) 围(圍)裙 (wéiqún) (条(條), tiáo) (at airport) the apron 停机(機)坪 (tíngjīpíng) (noun) in the sense of pinny Definition a garment worn over the front of the body to protect one's clothes The chef's apron looked worn and dirty. Synonyms pinny overall pinafore (informal) Nearby words of apron approximately approximation appurtenances apron apropos apropos of apropos of nothing Synonyms of 'apron' apron Explore 'apron' in the dictionary
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