di·a·per /ˈdaɪpɚ/
尿布
di·a·per /ˈdaɪ(ə)pɚ/ 名詞
尿布,兜布
Di·a·per n.
1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
2. Fine Arts Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . .
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. --Shak.
4. An infant's breechcloth.
Di·a·per v. t.
1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. “Diapered light.”
Engarlanded and diapered
With in wrought flowers. --Tennyson.
2. To put a diaper on (a child).
Di·a·per, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. “If you diaper on folds.”
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diaper
n 1: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
excrement [syn: nappy, napkin]
2: a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven
pattern of small repeated figures