a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest or the waist down, and tied around the waist. Aprons are worn over other clothes to keep them clean, for example when cooking. 围裙 - (specialist)
an area with a hard surface at an airport, where aircraft are turned around, loaded, etc. （机场的）停机坪 - (also apron stage)(specialist)
(in a theatre 剧院 the part of the stage that is in front of the curtain 台唇（舞台幕前的部分）
Word OriginMiddle English naperon, from Old French, diminutive of nape, nappe ‘tablecloth’, from Latin mappa ‘napkin’. The n was lost by wrong division of a napron; compare with adder.