The paper or plastic that covers something you buy, and that you take off and throw away — a sweet wrapper, a chocolate bar wrapper, a burger wrapper. It is the thin outside layer, not a box and not a bag: a wrapper is close to the thing and usually torn open.

The paper or plastic that covers something you buy包住你買的東西的那層紙或塑膠 and that you take off and throw away是你會撕開丟掉的那層 a sweet wrapper像糖果的包裝紙 a chocolate bar wrapper巧克力棒的包裝紙 a burger wrapper漢堡的包裝紙 It is the thin outside layer它是薄薄的最外層 not a box and not a bag不是盒子也不是袋子 a wrapper is close to the thing and usually torn openwrapper 是緊貼著東西、通常是撕開的那層

Streets and parks are full of dropped wrappers, so you often meet the word in signs and complaints about litter.

Streets and parks are full of dropped wrappers街道和公園裡到處都是被丟棄的包裝紙 so you often meet the word in signs and complaints about litter所以你常會在告示牌和抱怨亂丟垃圾的話裡看到這個字

It has some near neighbours worth keeping apart: packaging is the whole covering, including boxes; a label is the printed part that tells you what is inside; a cover is what goes round a book.

It has some near neighbours worth keeping apart有幾個意思相近的字值得分清楚 packaging is the whole covering, including boxespackaging 是整個包裝包括盒子在內 a label is the printed part that tells you what is insidelabel 是印著內容物說明的那個標籤 a cover is what goes round a bookcover 則是包在書外面的封套

The word also has a technical life in computing, where a wrapper is a piece of code that sits round other code to make it easier to use — a real, everyday word for programmers.

The word also has a technical life in computing這個字在程式領域也有個專業用法 where a wrapper is a piece of code that sits round other code to make it easier to use指的是包在另一段程式碼外面、讓它更好用的一段程式碼 a real, everyday word for programmers這是程式設計師常用的字

And in older books, a wrapper is a loose dressing gown a woman put on in the morning; you will only meet that in nineteenth-century writing. In American English, some people write wrapping paper as "gift wrap," but the paper round a present is wrapping paper, not a wrapper.

And in older books而在較早期的書裡 a wrapper is a loose dressing gown a woman put on in the morningwrapper 是指女性早上穿的一件寬鬆晨袍 you will only meet that in nineteenth-century writing這個用法只會在十九世紀的作品裡遇到 In American English在美式英文裡 some people write wrapping paper as "gift wrap,"有些人會把包裝紙寫成 gift wrap but the paper round a present is wrapping paper, not a wrapper但包在禮物外面的紙其實是 wrapping paper不是 wrapper