A rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient Greece, hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head.
（呈松弛褶层状下垂，有时套在头上的古希腊的）女式长外衣；女式大披肩
Example sentencesExamples
I stepped on her peplos so she wouldn't be able to pull herself up and run away.
She began to fidget, clutching her peplos and grasping it tightly until her knuckles turned white.
I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
Picking up the skirts of her peplos, she ran towards me.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
The long blonde curls piled high on her head with glorious cascades of golden silk falling against the top of her classical Greek peplos.
Women of Athens wove the peplos or robe to be presented to the statue of Athena Polias on the Acropolis, embroidered with a scene of the battle with the Giants.
Here the goddess wears her high-crested helmet, and a himation replaces her aegis over the peplos.
Her arms were scraped, her himation had torn off, and her peplos was tearing.
Her himation is pulled up over her head, and covers much of her peplos, which is decorated with a dotted lozenge.
I was about to stop her when she dropped her peplos.
I was still dressed in my peplos and himation but they were soiled.
I felt his tears through the thin linen of my peplos.
I cried, cursing the skirts of the peplos as I ran.
I shrugged off the peplos on my right shoulder.
Putting the peplos on the talisman was an act of simple magic.
So expert advice was available to Durer on how to adapt the astronomical devices from Geometry's peplos to more contemporary interests.
I pulled off my peplos angrily and threw it aside.
I dressed in my favorite blue peplos with a belt of gold rope.
Clad in the white peplos of a Greek goddess and elegantly coiffed, she gazes unemotional and aloof at the grisly head on her platter.
Origin
Greek.
Definition of peplos in US English:
peplos
(also peplus)
noun
A rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient Greece, hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head.
（呈松弛褶层状下垂，有时套在头上的古希腊的）女式长外衣；女式大披肩
Example sentencesExamples
I felt his tears through the thin linen of my peplos.
She began to fidget, clutching her peplos and grasping it tightly until her knuckles turned white.
Picking up the skirts of her peplos, she ran towards me.
Her arms were scraped, her himation had torn off, and her peplos was tearing.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
So expert advice was available to Durer on how to adapt the astronomical devices from Geometry's peplos to more contemporary interests.
I was about to stop her when she dropped her peplos.
I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
Here the goddess wears her high-crested helmet, and a himation replaces her aegis over the peplos.
I cried, cursing the skirts of the peplos as I ran.
I stepped on her peplos so she wouldn't be able to pull herself up and run away.
Putting the peplos on the talisman was an act of simple magic.
I dressed in my favorite blue peplos with a belt of gold rope.
I was still dressed in my peplos and himation but they were soiled.
Clad in the white peplos of a Greek goddess and elegantly coiffed, she gazes unemotional and aloof at the grisly head on her platter.
The long blonde curls piled high on her head with glorious cascades of golden silk falling against the top of her classical Greek peplos.
I pulled off my peplos angrily and threw it aside.
Her himation is pulled up over her head, and covers much of her peplos, which is decorated with a dotted lozenge.
I shrugged off the peplos on my right shoulder.
Women of Athens wove the peplos or robe to be presented to the statue of Athena Polias on the Acropolis, embroidered with a scene of the battle with the Giants.