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drapes

US // (dreɪps) //

窗帘,帘子,布帘,帷幔

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Definitions

  1. 1

    mainly US and Canadian

    • : curtains, esp ones of heavy fabric

Examples

  • She makes her own vintage-style clothing; stage sets are constructed using old drapes and fabric.

  • Drapes closed, no music, no laughter; finally, Sonia had enough and literally shook Mom by the lapels.

  • If you want to suss out the cleanliness and hygiene level of any hotel, take a quick look behind furniture and drapes.

  • It was cut off by huge pillars and some grand red drapes bound by thick gold braids.

  • When a monsoon approached, waiters dropped plastic drapes to keep the deck from flooding, the aide said.

  • Drapes of velvety synthetic, dyed the deep green that Martian colonists like, covered the walls.

  • Black masking drapes were provided at both sides of the stage and behind the platform.

  • The room was small and dusky, with heavy Turkish drapes obscuring the dark hallway beyond.

  • Her own costly wedding veil drapes the dainty, lissome figure.

  • Josselin drapes himself in his English dignity—he sulks like Achilles and walks by himself.