crape

A noun referring to a type of thin, crinkled fabric, often black and historically associated with mourning attire.

• 🇨🇳名词，指一种轻薄起皱的织物，常为黑色，历史上与丧服有关。

1. Fabric C1 formal

   A thin, crinkled fabric made from silk, cotton, or synthetic fibers, often used for mourning clothes or decorations.

   • She wore a black crape dress to the funeral.
   • The crape fabric was used to drape the memorial wreath.
   • He bought a crape ribbon for the mourning ceremony.

   🇨🇳绉纱

   同义词: crepe

2. Mourning symbol C1 formal british

   A piece of black crape worn as a sign of mourning.

   • The widow wore a crape on her hat.
   • They tied a crape around the door handle as a sign of grief.
   • The crape was removed after the period of mourning ended.

   🇨🇳哀悼标志

   同义词: crepemourning bandweeper

• crapes plural form
• crapes' possessive plural form
• crape's possessive singular form

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to make a crackling sound, or to creak; also a variant spelling of 'crepe' in the context of fabric, but as a verb it is largely out of use.

• 🇨🇳古旧或已废弃的动词，意为发出噼啪声或嘎吱声；也指在织物语境中作为“绉”的异体拼写，但作为动词几乎不使用。

1. To cover or drape with crape C2 formal british

   To cover or decorate something with crape fabric, often as a sign of mourning.

   • The family crape the door in black for the funeral.
   • They crape the portrait of the deceased with a black cloth.
   • The church was crape for the memorial service.

   🇨🇳用黑纱覆盖

   同义词: coverdrapeshroudveil

• craped past participle
• craped past simple
• craping present participle
• crapes third person singular