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.