新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

dress

英  [dres]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • dresses

    1[C 可数名词] 连衣裙

    A dress is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl. It covers her body and part of her legs.

    双语例句

    例:

    She was wearing a black dress.

    她穿着一套黑色连衣裙。

    2[U 不可数名词] 服装

    You can refer to clothes worn by men or women as dress.

    近义词

    clothes

    双语例句

    例:

    He wore formal evening dress.

    他穿了正式的晚礼服。

    例:

    hundreds of Cambodians in traditional dress.

    数百名身着传统服装的柬埔寨人。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • dress down

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 穿便装

    If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less formal than usual.

    双语例句

    例:

    She dresses down in dark glasses and baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.

    她戴着墨镜,穿着宽松的衣服,以免被大群的仰慕者认出来。

  • dress up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 盛裝打扮

    If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look more formal than usual or to disguise yourself.

    双语例句

    例:

    You do not need to dress up for dinner.

    你不必为了晚宴盛装打扮。

    例:

    I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing.

    我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的服装,很好玩。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 装扮

    If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look more formal or to disguise them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mother loved to dress me up.

    妈妈喜欢装扮我。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] 装饰 , 修饰

    If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.

    双语例句

    例:

    Politicians are happier to dress up their ruthless ambition as a necessary pursuit of the public good.

    政客们更乐于把自己的狼子野心粉饰成对公众利益的一种必要追求。

    VERB. 动词
  • dresses , dressing , dressed

    1[I 不及物动词] 穿衣服

    When you dress or dress yourself, you put on clothes.

    双语例句

    例:

    He told Sarah to wait while he dressed.

    他让莎拉等着他穿好衣服。

    2[T 及物动词] 给…穿衣

    If you dress someone, for example, a child, you put clothes on them.

    双语例句

    例:

    She bathed her and dressed her in clean clothes.

    她给她洗了澡并穿上干净衣服。

    3[I 不及物动词] 打扮 , 穿着

    If someone dresses in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour.

    双语例句

    例:

    He dresses in a way that lets everyone know he's got authority.

    他着装的式样让每个人都知道他已大权在握了。

    4[I 不及物动词] 穿礼服

    If you dress for something, you put on special clothes for it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We don't dress for dinner here.

    我们这儿参加晚宴不穿礼服。

    5[T 及物动词] 清理包扎(伤口)

    When someone dresses a wound, they clean it and cover it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The poor child never cried or protested when I was dressing her wounds.

    在我为那个可怜的女孩清理包扎伤口时,她不哭不闹。