| 单词 | diaper |
| 释义 | diaper /duy"peuhr, duy"euh peuhr/, n. 1. a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained. 2. Also called diaper cloth. a linen or cotton fabric with a woven pattern of small, constantly repeated figures, as diamonds. 3. Also called diaper pattern. such a pattern, originally used in the Middle Ages in weaving silk and gold. v.t. 4. to put a diaper on. 5. to ornament with a diaperlike pattern. [1300-50; ME diapre < AF dia(s)p(r)e < ML diasprus made of diaper < MGk díaspros pure white, equiv. to Gk di- DI3 + MGk áspros white] |
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