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apron

noun
🔊/ˈeɪprən/
🔊/ˈeɪprən/
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  1. a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest or the waist down, and tied around the waist. Aprons are worn over other clothes to keep them clean, for example when cooking. 围裙compare pinaforeTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
  2. (specialist) an area with a hard surface at an airport, where aircraft are turned around, loaded, etc.（机场的）停机坪Topics Transport by airc2
  3. (also apron stage)
     (specialist) (in a theatre剧院) the part of the stage that is in front of the curtain台唇（舞台幕前的部分）
    4. Word OriginMiddle English naperon, from Old French, diminutive of nape, nappe ‘tablecloth’, from Latin mappa ‘napkin’. The n was lost by wrong division of a napron; compare with adder.
Idioms
(tied to) somebody’s apron strings
  1. (too much under) the influence and control of somebody（过分受）某人的影响（或控制）
    • The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.英国首相对华府过于唯命是从。🔊🔊