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词组 wear
释义 wear
When you wear something, you have it on your body. You can wear clothes, shoes, a hat, gloves, jewellery, make-up, or a pair of glasses. The past tense of 'wear' is wore, not 'weared'. The past participle is worn.

...a girl who wore spectacles.
I've worn the same suit for five years.


'dressed in'


You can also say that someone is dressed in particular clothes.
...a handsome African dressed in a Western business suit.

However, you do not say that someone is 'dressed in' a hat, shoes, gloves, jewellery, make-up, or glasses.

See also entry at ↑ dress.


'in'


You can also use in to mention the clothes, shoes, hat, or gloves someone is wearing. In usually goes immediately after a noun group.
...a small girl in a blue dress watching a cricket match.
The bar was full of men in cloth caps.

You can use in as part of an adverbial.
...when I see you walking along in your light-blue suit.
I stood all alone in my Sunday dress.

You do not usually use in after 'be' when you are mentioning what someone is wearing. You do not say, for example, 'Mary was in a red dress'. You say 'Mary was wearing a red dress'.

However, you can use in after 'be' when you are using a possessive determiner such as 'his' or 'my'. You can say, for example, 'Mary was in her red dress'.
I was in my dark suit and my university tie.
Hilary was in her nightdress and dressing gown.

In is sometimes used to mean 'wearing only'. For example, 'George was in his underpants' means 'George was wearing only his underpants'.
He was standing in the hall in his underpants.
...a girl lying on a bed in her bra and panties.

If you say that a man is in shirtsleeves or in his shirtsleeves, you mean that he is wearing a shirt but not a jacket, usually because it is hot or he is working hard.
I started coming to work in shirtsleeves.
I lay on the bed in my shirtsleeves.

If you say that someone is in their stockinged feet, you mean that they are wearing socks, stockings, or tights, but no shoes.
I stood five-and-a-half feet tall in my stockinged feet.

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