apron
apron
noun
(tied to) someone's apron strings
noun
- a protective garment worn over the front of one's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and tied at the back
围裙
■a similar garment worn as part of official dress, as by a bishop or Freemason
（似围裙的）教会法衣（如主教或共济会成员的法衣）
■a sheet of lead worn to shield the body during an X-ray examination
（作X光检查时保护身体的）铅片 - a small area adjacent to another larger area or structure
（靠近或毗连较大区域或建筑的）小区域
a tiny apron of garden.
与花园毗连的小块地皮。
■a hard-surfaced area on an airfield used for manoeuvring or parking aircraft
（机场上的）停机坪
■(亦作 apron stage)a projecting strip of stage for playing scenes in front of the curtain
舞台前缘，台唇
■(US)an area of tarmac where the drive of a house meets the road
(美)屋前汽车道与大路的连接处
■(Geology)an extensive outspread deposit of sediment, typically at the foot of a glacier or mountain
(地质)石帷裙，冰川前沙砾层
■the narrow strip of a boxing ring lying outside the ropes
拳击台围绳外的狭长部分 - an object resembling an apron in shape or function, in particular
（形状，功能）像围裙的，尤指
■a covering protecting an area or structure, for example from water erosion
（地区或建筑的）防护带（用于防止潮气侵蚀等）
■[often as modifier]an endless conveyor made of overlapping plates
链板传送机
apron feeders bring coarse ore to a grinding mill.
链板传送机把粗矿石送到磨石机上。
(tied to) someone's apron strings
- (too much under) the influence and control of someone
（过于）受…影响和控制的
we have all met sturdy adults who are tied to mother's apron strings.
我们都见过事事听命于自己母亲的身强力壮的成年人。
- Middle 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
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