trappings: [14] Trappings are etymologically ‘drapery’. The word was adapted from Anglo- Norman *trapour, a variant of Old French drapure; and this in turn was a derivative of drap ‘cloth’, source of English drape, drapery, etc. It was originally used in English for an ‘ornamental covering for a horse’, and its more general modern meaning did not emerge until the 16th century. => drape, drapery
trappings (n.)
late 14c., "horse-cloth," from Middle English trappe "ornamental cloth for a horse" (c. 1300), later "personal effects" (mid-15c.), alteration of Middle French drap "cloth" (see drape (n.)).
实用例句
1. They enjoyed all the trappings of wealth.
他们享有所有象征财富的东西。
来自《权威词典》
2. A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings.
不能根据马饰论马的优劣.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The judge wore a wig and all the trappings of his position.
法官戴了假发和全套代表他那个地位的服饰.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She scorns the visible trappings of success, preferring to live unnoticed.
