drape
US: /ˈdɹeɪp/
UK: /dɹˈeɪp/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
drape /dreip/- danh từ
- màn, rèm, trướng
- sự xếp nếp (quần áo, màn...)
- ngoại động từ
- che màm, che rèm, che trướng; treo màn, treo rèm, treo trướng; trang trí bằng màn, trang trí bằng rèm, trang trí bằng trướng
- xếp nếp (quần áo, màn treo)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb [VN +adv./prep.]
1 ~ sth around / over / across, etc. sth to hang clothes, materials, etc. loosely on sb/sth: She had a shawl draped around her shoulders. + He draped his coat over the back of the chair.
2 ~ sb/sth in / with sth to cover or decorate sb/sth with material: walls draped in ivy + She draped some velvety material over the old sofa.
3 ~ around / round / over, etc. sth to allow part of your body to rest on sth in a relaxed way: His arm was draped casually around her shoulders.
+ noun
(especially AmE) (AmE also drapery) [usually pl.] a long thick curtain: blue velvet drapes
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 hang, festoon, swathe, deck, array, bedeck, adorn, ornament, decorate:
The coffin was draped with the national flag.
n.
2 drapery, curtain; hanging, tapestry:
The drapes match neither the carpet nor the wallpaper.
Collocation
ADV.
casually, loosely | elegantly | beautifully
Some silk fabrics will drape beautifully.
PREP.
across, around/round, over
He sat with his arm draped casually around her shoulders.
PHRASES
be draped in/with sth
The body was draped in a blanket.
Concise dictionary
drapes|draped|drapingdreɪpnoun
+hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
+the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
+a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
verb
+arrange in a particular way
+place casually
+cover or dress loosely with cloth
