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robe

noun
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  1. a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony袍服，礼袍（常于典礼中穿着以显示身份）
    • coronation robes加冕礼袍
    • cardinals in scarlet robes身披红袍的枢机主教
    • a ghostly figure in flowing robes of white白袍飘飘的魅影
    • an old man swathed in robes裹着长袍的老人
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Clothes and Fashionc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • loose
    • voluminous
    • …
    verb + robe
    • don
    • slip on
    • wear
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the robe
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  2. (also bathrobe)
     a loose piece of clothing worn before and after taking a bathTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
  3. (also bathrobe (both North American English))
    (British English dressing gown)
     a long loose piece of clothing, usually with a belt, worn indoors over night clothes, for example when you first get out of bedTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).

robe

verb
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[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they robe
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he / she / it robes
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past simple robed
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past participle robed
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-ing form robing
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  1. robe somebody/yourself (in something) to dress somebody/yourself in long loose clothes or in the way mentioned（给某人）穿上礼袍
    • a robed choir身着礼袍的唱诗班
    • The priests were robed in black.各司祭都穿上了黑袍。🔊🔊
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).