apron
围裙,围巾,停尸房,停尸房内
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- : a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied at the waist, for protecting the wearer's clothing: a kitchen apron.
- : Anglican Church. a similar garment extending to the knees, worn by bishops, deans, and archdeans.
- : a metal plate or cover, usually vertical, for a machine, mechanism, artillery piece, etc., for protecting those who operate it.
- : a continuous conveyor belt for bulk materials, consisting of a chain of steel plates.
- : a part of the carriage holding the clutches and gears moving the toolholder.
- : a paved or hard-packed area abutting an airfield's buildings and hangars, where planes are parked, loaded, or the like.
- : a broad paved area used for parking cars, as at the end of a driveway.
- : Civil Engineering. any device for protecting a surface of earth, as a riverbank, from the action of moving water.a platform to receive the water falling over a dam.
- : the part of a stage floor in front of the curtain line.
- : Furniture. skirt.
- : the outer border of a green of a golf course.
- : the part of the floor of a boxing ring that extends outside the ropes.
- : Also called skirt. a flat, broad piece of interior window trim immediately beneath the sill.
- : a strip of metal set into masonry and bent down to cover the upper edge of flashing; counterflashing.
- : the open part of a pier for loading and unloading vessels.
- : Nautical. a piece reinforcing the stem on the after side and leading down to the deadwood.
- : Geology. a deposit of gravel and sand at the base of a mountain or extending from the edges of a glacier.
- : the frill of long hairs on the throat and chest of certain long-haired dogs, as the collie.
- : a structure erected around another structure, as for reinforcement or decoration: a high fence surrounded by a wire apron buried in the ground.
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- : to put an apron on; furnish with an apron.
- : to surround in the manner of an apron: The inner city is aproned by low-cost housing.
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Examples
The price of admission will cover all the materials needed to leave with some new threads, but guests are welcome to bring some small items of their own to tie-dye — an apron and some rubber gloves couldn’t hurt either.
These grilling aprons keep you clean and the handy pockets give you quick access to spatulas and forks.
If you’ve ever had X-rays done at the dentist and felt an extra sense of relaxation when the hygienist put the leaded apron on your body, you may want to consider a weighted blanket.
This grill pan is perfect for anyone whose father likes to don the tongs and apron and man the BBQ.
I cut the sleeves short on an old shirt, and it works much better than an apron.
An office manager, he says, was wearing an apron with Santa on it.
While caring for patients, clinical staff is heavily robed with gown and apron; three pairs of gloves; a hood; and goggles.
“Nonsense,” he cried, but I noticed his hand trembling under his leathern apron.
Hawberk looked at me and slowly smoothed his leathern apron.
A housekeeper came out to buy some, wiping her hands on her apron.
Sarah was standing on the porch again wiping her hands on her apron, looking away toward the fields.
Shrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.
That evening old Liz filled her teapot, threw her apron over it, and descended to the court to visit Mrs Rampy.
Mrs Rampy broke down at this point and threw her apron over her head to conceal her feelings.
Mrs. Gum dusted a large old-fashioned oak chair with her apron; but he perched himself on one of its elbows.