diaper
n. 尿布 [医] 尿布, 兜布
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释义与例句
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1.
An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
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加拿大 印度 美国 可数 不可数cloth diaper, disposable diaper, nighttime diaper, swim diaper
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2.
A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.
可数 历史 不可数Near-synonym: diamond twill
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3.
Something that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, much like a diaper (noun sense 1).
加拿大 美国 非正式 可数 幽默 不可数engine diaper, meat diaper, period diaper, rubber diaper
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A piece of clothing that resembles the shape of a diaper (noun sense 1) but lacks the absorbency.
加拿大 美国 非正式 可数 贬义 幽默 不可数 -
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A repeating geometrical or (often stylised) floral pattern, usually of small diamonds evenly spaced, that decorates a flat surface, sometimes in bas-relief; diaperwork.
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A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.
可数 历史 不可数 政治 纹章Near-synonym: fur
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A towel, napkin or tablecloth made from the diaper fabric (noun sense 2).
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1.
To put diapers on someone.
Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
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2.
To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
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From Middle English dyaper, diapre, dyapre, from Old French diapre, dyapre, a variant of dyaspre, diaspre (“ornamental silk cloth embellished with floral or decorative geometrical patterns”), from Medieval Latin diaspra, diasprum (“a type of rich, valuable silken cloth”), probably from Byzantine Greek δίασπρος (díaspros, “very white; pure white”, adjective), from δια- (dia-, “across”) + ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”).
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