1[countableC]DCC a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl that covers the top of her body and part or all of her legs 连衣裙 → skirt
Sheila wore a long red dress.
希拉穿了一条红色的连衣长裙。
a summer dress
夏天穿的连衣裙
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2[uncountableU]DC clothes for men or women of a particular type or for a particular occasion 〔某种款式或在特别场合穿的〕服装,衣服
a gentleman in evening dress (=formal clothes worn especially at important social events)
穿晚礼服的绅士
The play was performed in modern dress (=clothes from the present time).
这出戏里演员是现代装束。
dress code (=a standard of what you should wear for a particular situation) 衣着要求
This restaurant has a strict dress code – no tie, no service.
这家餐厅有严格的衣着要求——不系领带,恕不招待。
nCOLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + dress
a wedding dress
Have you chosen your wedding dress yet?
an evening dress (=a formal dress to wear in the evening)
She arrived in a red evening dress.
a cocktail dress (=a formal dress but not usually a long one)
She wore a little black cocktail dress.
a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress
Ellie chose a green silk dress.
a long dress (=that goes down to your ankles)
Most of the women were wearing long dresses.
a party dress (=for parties)
I need a new party dress for Christmas.
a summer dress
a cool blue summer dress
a strapless dress (=that does not have straps on your shoulders)
She was wearing a strapless cream dress and matching shoes.
a sleeveless dress (=without any sleeves)
She was photographed wearing a figure-hugging sleeveless dress.
dress + NOUN
a dress shop (=selling women’s dresses and other clothes)
It was an expensive dress shop.
a dress designer (=someone whose job is designing women’s clothes)
She’s a former royal dress designer.
Examples from the Corpus
dress• And for each of the 15 girls buying dresses, there is an escort in need of a tuxedo.• Arrested for attendingQuaker and Seekermeetings, he was excused by a judge who noted his finedress.• Her dress was sticking uncomfortably to her back and her palms were wet.• Do you like my new dress?• Minna, as if she were proving some point, wore an old dress and had not bothered-to comb her hair properly.• Your spokesman will also need some advice on dress for television.• Anita's dress, £180, Karen Boyd.• The first time I meet her, I wear an unflatteringdress.
You’d better get dressed! It’s almost time to leave for school!
你最好穿好衣服!差不多该去上学了!
dress especially literary to put on all your clothes. Dress is used especially in literature. In everyday English, people usually say get dressed 穿衣〔尤用于文学作品,日常英语中一般说get dressed〕
That day she dressed with extra care, choosing a brown velvet jacket that matched her skirt.
She was putting on her earrings in front of the mirror.
她正在镜子前戴耳环。
dress up to put on more formal clothes than you usually wear, or to put on special clothes for fun 穿得正式;装扮
We always used to dress up to go to church.
我们过去总是穿正装去做礼拜。
Paul dressed up as a pirate for the party.
保罗装扮成海盗参加聚会。
dress yourself to put on your clothes – used when this is difficult for someone because they are very old, young, injured etc 给自己穿衣〔在某人因年事已高、年纪尚小或有伤在身等而穿衣困难时使用〕
He’s hurt his arm so badly that he can’t dress himself.
他胳膊伤得很重,自己无法穿衣服。
to be wearing clothes 穿着衣服
wear to have a particular piece of clothing or a particular style of clothing on your body 穿着;戴着
All visitors must wear a protective helmet.
所有访客必须戴上安全帽。
She always wears black.
她总是穿着一身黑。
nCan you tell me what the man was wearing?
have something on to be wearing a particular piece of clothing, jewellery etc. Have something on is more informal than wear 穿着某物;戴着某物〔不如wear正式〕
I had my new blue top on.
我穿着蓝色的新上衣。
He had on a red tie and a grey jacket.
他系着红领带,穿着灰夹克。
nThe boy had nothing on!
be dressed in something especially written used especially in writtendescriptions when describing the clothes that someone is wearing 穿着某物〔尤用于书面描写〕
Alistair was dressed in his best suit and tie.
阿利斯泰尔穿着他最好的西装,系着他最漂亮的领带。
Examples from the Corpus
dress down• We dress down at work these days, unless we're going to a clientmeeting.
12dress upphrasal verbphr v
a)DCDLto wear specialclothes for fun, or to put special clothes on someone 〔闹着玩地〕装扮
as
He went to the party dressed up as a Chicago gangster.
他装扮成一个芝加哥匪徒去参加聚会。
in
I keep a box of old clothes for the children to dress up in.
我保存着一箱旧衣服让孩子们装扮着玩。
dress somebody ↔ up
We dressed him up as a gorilla.
我们把他装扮成大猩猩。
b)DCto wear clothes that are more formal than the ones you would usually wear 〔比平时〕穿得正式
It’s a small informal party – you don’t have to dress up.
这是个非正式的小型聚会——你不用穿得那么正式。
c)dress something ↔ upINTERESTING to make something more interesting or attractive 对…加以修饰,美化某物
dress in• People get dressed up incaps and gowns.• We thought anyone who dresses up indresses we want to go and see.• At midday all the people from Amantani dress up intraditionalcostume and they go up to the two centres.• Now he's taken to dressing up in young people's clothes.
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dress• He dresses and acts more like a 36-year-old electricalengineer.• It's a costume party, so she's dressing as a clown.• How do most of the people dress at your office?• Patty's just learning to dress herself.• I didn't dress it up; no wonder she took it as life letting her down once more.• Can you dress the kids while I make breakfast?• Dress the salad with lemon, olive oil, and a little black pepper.• Ask Mom if she needs help dressing the turkey.• Clean the area thoroughly before dressing the wound.• Check that those who can dress themselves are coping.• Dress warmly - it's cold out.
dress for dinner• Jim and William Reid don't dress for dinner.• Tea was served at four-thirty, and after tea everybody would rush upstairs to dress for dinner.• He was dressed for dinner and she knew without doubt that they were not going to be invited to join him.• While we were dressing for dinner, Jasper spent a long time trying to teach me how to tie it.• It occurs to me tonight, waiting for Dominic to dress for dinner, that I never saw that map.
Origindress2
(1300-1400)Old Frenchdresser“to arrange”, from Latindirectus“straight”; → DIRECT1
1piece of clothing衣服ADJECTIVE | VERB + DRESS | DRESS + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤beautiful, elegant, gorgeous漂亮的/優雅的/華麗的衣服➤plain, simple樸素的衣服◇She looked elegant in a simple black dress.她穿着一條簡潔的黑裙,看起來很優雅。➤ankle-length, floor-length, full-length, knee-length, long長及腳踝的裙裝;及地長裙;齊膝裙;長連衣裙▸➤short短連衣裙▸➤skimpy短小暴露的連衣裙▸➤clinging, figure-hugging, skintight, tight, tight-fitting緊身連衣裙▸➤loose-fitting, shapeless寬鬆的連衣裙;無定形的連衣裙➤backless, halter, low-cut, off-the-shoulder, revealing, sleeveless, strapless露背/吊頸低胸/露肩/暴露的/無袖/裹胸連衣裙▸➤flowing, silky, slinky飄逸的/絲質/緊身連衣裙➤floral, flowered, flowery, frilly, sequinned/sequined, sparkly碎花連衣裙;褶邊連衣裙;亮片連衣裙▸➤cotton, silk, etc.棉質、絲綢等連衣裙➤designer, fancy (NAmE) 設計師標名裙裝;化裝舞會服▸➤ball, cocktail, evening, party, prom (NAmE) 舞會服;酒會禮服;晚禮服;宴會(禮)服;舞會(禮)服➤bridesmaid, bridesmaid's, wedding伴娘裝;婚紗➤communion女童聖餐禮服➤Easter復活節服裝➤maternity孕婦裝VERB + DRESS➤unzip, zip, zip up拉開連衣裙拉鏈;拉上連衣裙拉鏈➤hitch up, lift, pull up拉起連衣裙;提起連衣裙◇She hitched up her long dress so it wouldn't drag in the mud.她拉起長裙以免拖在爛泥裏。➤pull down放下連衣裙▸➤smooth, straighten把連衣裙弄平◇She sat down and smoothed her dress over her legs.她坐下來,把腿上的裙子抻平。➤go with, match與衣服很搭◇The hat went with her new dress wonderfully.這頂帽子與她的新連衣裙非常相配。➤rip, ruin, tear撕開/毀掉/撕破衣服DRESS + NOUN➤shop連衣裙店▸➤designer連衣裙設計師▸➤size連衣裙尺寸PREPOSITION➤in a/the dress穿着連衣裙◇She appeared in a slinky satin dress.她穿着修身緞紋連衣裙出場。➡ topic at clothesdress
noun²
2clothes for either men or women服裝ADJECTIVE | DRESS + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ceremonial, formal禮服;正裝▸➤casual, informal休閒服;便裝➤evening晚禮服▸➤modern現代服裝▸➤period具有時代特色的服裝▸➤national, traditional民族/傳統服裝◇He was wearing traditional Scottish dress.他穿着傳統的蘇格蘭裙。➤fancy (= clothes that make you appear to be a different character) (BrE) 化裝舞會服◇the costumes worn at the fancy-dress ball在化裝舞會上穿的服裝◇a fancy-dress shop化裝服裝店➤battle, military作戰服;軍裝▸➤civilian便服DRESS + NOUN➤code着裝規定◇The club has a strict dress code.俱樂部有嚴格的着裝要求。➤sense衣着品位◇He has poor dress sense.他的穿着品位很差。➤coat, pants, shirt, shoes, suit燕尾服;正裝長褲;禮服襯衫;禮服鞋;夜禮服▸➤uniform軍禮服◇in full dress uniform穿着全套軍禮服PREPOSITION➤in... dress穿着⋯◇a performance of 'Hamlet' in modern dress穿現代服裝演出的《哈姆雷特》dress
verb¹
1put on clothes穿上衣服ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤hurriedly, quickly匆忙穿衣;迅速穿衣▸➤slowly慢慢地穿衣▸➤carefully小心地穿衣PREPOSITION➤in穿着◇He dressed carefully in the brown suit he had been married in.他認真地穿上了他結婚時穿的那套棕色西服。PHRASES➤be fully dressed穿着全套衣服◇She lay down on her bed, fully dressed.她和衣躺到牀上。➤get dressed穿好衣服◇She got dressed quickly.她迅速穿好了衣服。dress
verb²
2wear clothes穿着衣服ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤beautifully, elegantly, fashionably, immaculately, impeccably, nattily (old-fashioned) , neatly, nicely, smartly, stylishly, well穿着漂亮;着裝雅致;穿着時尚;着裝整潔;着裝得體;着裝時髦;着裝莊重◇Susan always dresses very elegantly.蘇珊總是穿得很雅致。◇She was determined to be the best dressed woman at the wedding.她決心要做婚禮上着裝最漂亮的女士。➤badly, poorly, shabbily着裝不好;着裝不得體;衣衫襤褸▸➤appropriately, suitably着裝合適▸➤inappropriately着裝不合適➤decently, modestly, properly穿着體面;穿着得體➤conservatively, plainly, simply, soberly衣着保守;着裝樸素;穿着簡樸➤professionally (especially NAmE) 着職業裝◇She was dressed professionally in a business suit.她穿着職業套裝。➤formally穿着正式▸➤casually着裝休閒▸➤expensively穿着華貴▸➤flamboyantly, ostentatiously, richly着裝招搖;穿着奢華;衣着華麗➤provocatively, scantily穿着很挑逗;衣着暴露▸➤warmly穿着溫暖▸➤alike, identically, similarly衣着類似;着裝完全相同◇The twins were dressed identically.這對雙胞胎的穿着一模一樣。➤differently穿着不同◇She began to act and dress differently.她的行為和着裝都開始變樣了。PREPOSITION➤as打扮成◇The waiters were dressed as clowns.服務員都打扮成小丑的樣子。➤for為⋯的穿着◇I have to dress smartly for work.我上班必須着裝整潔利落。➤in穿着⋯的衣服◇The women were all dressed in blue skirts and white blouses.女士全都穿着藍裙白襯衫。➤like穿得像⋯◇Why does she always dress like a boy?為何她總穿得像個男孩似的?PHRASES➤dress to the nines, dress up to the nines (BrE) 穿着考究華麗◇She always dresses (up) to the nines.她的穿着始終很考究。