1797, from French crêpe, from Old French crespe (14c.), from Latin crispa, fem. of crispus "curled, wrinkled" (see crisp (adj.)). Meaning "small, thin pancake" is from 1877. Crepe paper is first attested 1895.
双语例句
1. Use a crepe bandage to support the affected area.
用强力绷带托住伤处。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Her skirt of kingfisher - blue crepe was patterned with flowers.
下着翡翠撒花洋绉裙.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
3. She was wearing a short silk lined jacket of pale green and wide black crepe trousers.
她上身穿着件浅绿的绸子小夹袄,下面一条青洋绉肥腿的单裤.
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
4. I get so sick of women in dowdy old clothes and perpetual crepe.
