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