Crape
[kreɪp] or [krep]
解释:
(noun.) small very thin pancake.
(verb.) cover or drape with crape; 'crape the mirror'.
汉克整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.
(n.) To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
芭比整理
解释:
n. a thin silk fabric tightly twisted without removing the natural gum—usually dyed black used for mournings.—adj. made of crape.—v.t. to clothe with crape: to frizzle (hair).—adj. Crap′y.
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娱乐性解释：
To dream of seeing crape hanging from a door, denotes that you will hear of the sudden death of some relative or friend. To see a person dressed in crape, indicates that sorrow, other than death, will possess you. It is bad for business and trade. To the young, it implies lovers' disputes and separations.
整理:维维安
例句:
- Crape, keys, centre-bits, darkies--nothing forgotten? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Everything is as handsome as could be, crape and silk and everything, said Mrs. Vincy, contentedly. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He too looked down at the crape round his hat and replied-- Mr. John died yesterday was a week, at his chambers in London. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Fine gal, said Rawdon, returning the salute which the cottage gave him, by two fingers applied to his crape hatband. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But then Mrs. Waule always has black crape on. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- There was a good fire in the room, and a breathless smell of warm black crape--I did not know what the smell was then, but I know now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Her simple bonnet had been trimmed to correspond with her sash; her pretty but inexpensive scarf of white crape suited her dress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The gloom of the night was funereal; all nature seemed clothed in crape. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- He used to say that the horrible hue and surface of her crape dress was most likely the sufficient controlling force. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- An old woman, with a piece of crape hanging down here, said he, pointing to his breast, and ragged, red shoes. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- This trivial crape expresses sensibilities which I summon Mr. Hartright to respect. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And there, in an Indian shawl and a pale-green crape bonnet--therefresh, portly, blithe, and pleasant--there stood Madame Beck. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Come as Lady Crawley, if you like, the Baronet said, grasping his crape hat. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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