| 单词 | drape |
| 释义 | drape (once / 574 pages) nv The drape of fabric or material is the way it looks — the shape it takes — when it's hanging. If you're sewing a dress, you need to use fabric with the right sort of drape. You can describe the drape of a piece of velvet or cotton — and you can also use drape to mean "curtain." You could even say, "I just love the drape of those drapes!" When drape is a verb, it means "to cover loosely," as when you drape a quilt over your old sofa to hide its the rips and stains. In the 1940s and 50s, drape was also a slang term for a cool suit of clothes. WORD FAMILYdrape: draped, drapery, drapes, draping, undrape+/drapery: draperies/undrape: undraped, undrapes, undraping USAGE EXAMPLESCervantes, wearing a Santa hat with a blanket draped over her, passed. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) A Michigan defensive back is draped around the left arm of a receiver. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Media trucks sat across the street, and motorists slowed to gawk at the building, whose ornate iron gates were draped with Christmas lights. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the manner in which fabric hangs or falls she adjusted the drape of her skirt Hyper fashion, manner, mode, style, way how something is done or how it happens 2n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Syn|Hypo|Hyper curtain, drapery, mantle, pall drop, drop cloth, drop curtain a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery festoona curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves frontala drapery that covers the front of an altar portierea heavy curtain hung across a doorway shower curtaina curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area theater curtain, theatre curtaina hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance safety curtaina fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire blind, screen a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight furnishing(usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable 3n a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination Hyper covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) 4v cover or dress loosely with cloth drape the statue with a sheet Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 5v cover as if with clothing Syn|Hyper cloak, clothe, robe cover, spread over form a cover over 6v place casually The cat draped herself on the sofa Hyper arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order 7v arrange in a particular way drape a cloth Hyper arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order |
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