robe: [13] A robe is etymologically ‘something stolen’, hence a ‘looted garment’, and finally simply a ‘(long) garment’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin *rauba, which was borrowed from the same Germanic base as produced English bereave and rob. It passed into English via Old French robe. This still retained the ancestral meaning ‘stolen things, spoils’ as well as the new ‘garment’, and in that sense it has given English rubbish and rubble. => rob
robe (n.)
"long, loose outer garment," late 13c., from Old French robe "long, loose outer garment" (12c.), from a Germanic source (compare Old High German rouba "vestments"), from West Germanic *raubo "booty" (cognate with Old High German roub "robbery, breakage"), which also yielded rob (v.).
Presumably the notion is of garments taken from the enemy as spoils, and the Old French word had a secondary sense of "plunder, booty," while Germanic cognates had both senses; as in Old English reaf "plunder, booty, spoil; garment, armor, vestment." Meaning "dressing gown" is from 1854. Metonymic sense of "the legal profession" is attested from 1640s.
robe (v.)
late 14c., from robe (n.). Related: Robed; robing.
中文解释
1. rob => robe.2. Presumably the notion is of garments taken from the enemy as spoils, and the Old French word had a secondary sense of "plunder, booty".
实用例句
1. He brought forth a small gold amulet from beneath his robe.
他从袍子下面拿出一个不大的金护身符。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He helped her off with her robe.
他帮她脱去袍子。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The emperor was clad in a rich robe encrusted with jewels.
皇帝身穿一件镶满宝石的华贵礼袍.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightdress, and her feet were bare.
她只在薄如蝉翼的睡衣外套了一件薄睡袍，而且光着脚。
来自柯林斯例句
5. A soft white robe had been draped over a chair for Joanna's use.