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词汇 drape
释义 drape
verb
uk /dreɪp/ us /dreɪp/
 drape something across, on, over, etc. something
to put something such as cloth or a piece of clothing loosely over something: 把…披/搭/蒙在…上
He draped his jacket over the back of the chair and sat down to eat.他把夹克衫搭在椅子靠背上,然后坐下来吃饭。
 be draped in/with something
to be loosely covered with a cloth: 被…蒙住,被…盖住
The coffins were all draped with the national flag.所有灵柩上都覆盖着国旗。

Idiom


draped all over someone
drape
noun[ C or U ]
uk /dreɪp/ us /dreɪp/
the way in which cloth folds or hangs as it covers something: (布料挂起来或折叠后)下垂的样子
She liked the heavy drape of velvet.她喜欢厚厚的天鹅绒垂下来的样子。
 drapes[ plural ]US(alsodraperies)
heavy curtains made with thick cloth: (厚布制成的)帷,幕,窗帘
These drapes will need to be professionally cleaned.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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voluminously
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washable
wasp waist

drape | American Dictionary


drape
verb[ T ]
us/dreɪp/
to hang or cover with something loosely and often in a decorative way:
She draped a warm scarf around her shoulders.

Examples of drape


drape
The new items were simply draped over the exhibits.
As opposed to the building's frontal draped facade, the rear volumes are left exposed to view.
As she tossed silk drapes around her body to create changing forms and shapes, the silk was variously illuminated.
More pressing followed, and the sheets were draped over cords to dry.
Western garb, his coat draped over his arm, and relaxed on his walking cane, the subject is clearly confident in his surroundings.
My clothes hung on me as though they had been draped on a piece of wood.
The slow procession was performed amid jeering crowds and buildings draped in black.
Though some activists do wear saris, most wear the salwar-kamiz, draping a dupatta over their chest and shoulders when indoors.
Her tape measure, draped about her shoulders, is worn with the authority of holy vestments.
The shroud is, again, a one-piece creation, sufficiently long to be draped over and under the feet, the sleeves equally full.
She is modestly draped but wears jewellery, and in one vignette she applies perfume to her hair with a pin dipped in a flask.
They then draped her in a white sari, and covered her head and eyes with part of the sari cloth.
Echoes of it are in the decoration of the furniture, in the carpets, the drapes and soft furnishings.
A black velvet cur tain was draped around the experimental setup in order to provide optimal contrast.
Latterly he was rather a shambolic figure, his clothes draped around a large frame rather than fitted onto it.
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