• vt. 用布簾覆蓋；使呈褶裥狀
• vi. 成褶皺狀垂下
• n. 窗簾；褶裥
• n. (Drape)人名；(德、瑞典)德拉佩

來自PIE*dhrebh, 擊，打，即對棉花，麻布等原材料的初步加工及彈制，其原義見drab. 后該詞詞義通用化，也用來指加工過的簾子，帷幕等。

drape

drape: [15] The verb drape originally meant ‘weave wool into cloth’. It was borrowed from Old French draper, which was a derivative of drap ‘cloth’ (source of English drab). This in turn came from late Latin drappus, which was ultimately of Celtic origin. Other offspring of drap which found their way into English are draper [14], drapery [14], and trappings. The use of drapery for ‘loose voluminous cloth covering’ eventually fed back into the verb drape, producing in the 19th century its current sense ‘cover loosely with cloth’.
=> drab, draper, trappings

drape (v.)

c. 1400, "to ornament with cloth hangings;" mid-15c., "to weave into cloth," from Old French draper "to weave, make cloth" (13c.), from drap "cloth, piece of cloth, sheet, bandage," from Late Latin drapus, perhaps of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish drapih "mantle, garment"). Meaning "to cover with drapery" is from 1847. Meaning "to cause to hang or stretch out loosely or carelessly" is from 1943. Related: Draped; draping.

drape (n.)

1660s, from drape (v.). Jive talk slang for "suit of clothes" is attested from 1945.

1. Don't drape your feet over the chair.

坐得端正些,不要把腿懸空架在椅子邊上.

來自辭典例句

2. Humboldt wanted to drape the world in radiance.

洪堡想把世界裝飾得光彩奪目.

來自辭典例句

3. You just drape your skirt over it and nobody suspects a thing.

你只需要用裙子把它遮住,沒人會發現的.

來自電影對白

4. We have drape for living room, but we need kitchen curtain.

我們為客廳準備了窗簾, 但是我們還需要廚房的窗簾.

來自互聯網

5. I'm going to cover you with a drape, across your thighs.

我要用布簾蓋在你的臀部上.

來自互聯網