| 单词 | drapery |
| 释义 | drapery (once / 1064 pages) n WORD FAMILY drapery: draperies+/drape: draped, drapery, drapes, draping, undrape/undrape: undraped, undrapes, undraping USAGE EXAMPLESHe’d conceived an evocative set design, with the musicians all performing in tents, against a backdrop of drapery. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) The preview of drapery as seen from across a room is especially informative, as many patterns look quite different when viewed from afar. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) Her father, a staunch conservative just this side of the John Birch Society, owned a small drapery business. The New Yorker(Oct 24, 2016) 1n cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers 2n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Syn|Hypo|Hyper curtain, drape, 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 |
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