| 单词 | drape |
| 释义 | drape —drapable, drapeable, adj. —drapability, drapeability, n. /drayp/, v. , draped, draping, n. v.t. 1. to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, esp. in graceful folds; adorn with drapery. 2. to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc. 3. to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair! 4. Med. , Surg. to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon). 5. (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete. 6. to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning. v.i. 7. to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well. n. 8. a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, esp. either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally. 9. either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration. 10. manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt. [1400-50; late ME < MF draper, deriv. of drap cloth (see DRAB1)] |
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