1get dressedDCPUT ON CLOTHESto put your clothes on 穿好衣服
Go and get dressed!
去把衣服穿好!
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get dressed• Sandra's in the bedroomgetting dressed.• After washing, we wandered around outside the tentsdrying in the sun and getting dressed.• It took me fifteen minutes to get dressed.• Liz dragged her out of bed and stood over her while she got dressed.• The nappy changes, the meal times, the endlesstrips round supermarkets, school times, getting dressed and so on?• Ruta, get dressed, get dressedquick.• Robgot dressed in a hurry.• I just wanted to get dressed in peace.• I got dressed quickly and ran outside.
2DChaving your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes 穿好衣服的;穿着〔某种〕服装的
Aren’t you dressed yet?
你还没有穿好衣服吗?
half/fully dressed
She lay down fully dressed on the bed.
她和衣躺在床上。
smartly/well-/elegantly etc dressed
a very well-dressed young man
穿着很体面的小伙子
dressed in
She was dressed in a two-piece suit.
她穿着一身两件套的套装。
dressed as
The children came dressed as animals.
孩子们穿成动物的样子来了。
3.dressed to killinformalDC wearing very attractive clothes so that everyone notices and admires you 穿得引人注目的,打扮得非常漂亮的
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dressed to kill• In her black velvetcocktaildress, Elaine Russell was dressed to kill.• Erica, who had been dressed to kill when he got to the flat, had agreed.• He is dressed to kill with no place to go.
4.dressed (up) to the ninesinformalDC wearing your best or most formalclothes 穿着盛装的,衣饰华丽的
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: having your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes
adverbs
well-dressed (=wearing nice clothes of good quality)
The restaurant was full of well-dressed couples.
smartly/elegantly/beautifully/neatly etc dressed
There was a smartly dressed man with a briefcase at the door.
fully dressed (=with all your clothes on)
She was so tired that she went to bed fully dressed.
half dressed (=not having finished putting your clothes on)
Don’t come in – I’m only half dressed!
fashionably dressed (=wearing clothes that are fashionable)
Most teenagers want to be fashionably dressed.
immaculately/impeccably dressed (=perfectly dressed in smart clothes)
He was immaculately dressed in a grey suit and a blue tie.
casually dressed (=wearing informal clothes)
Luke was casually dressed in jeans and a white shirt.
properly/suitably dressed (=wearing suitable clothes for something)
It’s important to be properly dressed if you are walking in the mountains.
badly dressed (=not well dressed)
The prime minister’s been criticized for being badly dressed.
shabbily/scruffily dressed (=wearing clothes that are old and untidy)
A dirty, shabbily dressed man was sitting on the bench.
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dressed• The humiliation of standing beside a woman who smelt, dressed and looked absolutely wonderful was doing little for her ego.• She was paralysed, couldn't focus, knew that Gran couldn't hurry herself getting dressed and needed help.• I got dressed and they got slightly worse.• The pavements are packed to overflowing with spectators and yet more immaculately dressedclown children.• She is all style, all form, all impeccably dresseddandy and wit, with never a tear out of place.• How, for example, should one handle the dressedfleas and their garments in terms of a computer record?• And let me explain what I meant by that sillypassage in my last letter, about expensively dressedgirls.• While waiting they are pleasantly confronted by what must be one of the prettiest and best dressedgreengrocers in the country.