词组 | dress |
释义 | Contents overview dresshave on: (= be wearing)have on: (= be wearing) (= be wearing) 437.310773wear: be wearingwear: be wearing be wearing 437.311916437 dress1nounThe countable noun dress means an article of women's clothing (it goes from the shoulders to below the hips).This is the first time I've seen you wearing a dress.There is also an uncountable noun dress (not used with the article a/an). It means 'clothing', 'clothes'. It is not very common in modern English, and is used mostly to talk about special kinds of clothing (for example national dress, evening dress, battledress).He looks good in evening dress. (not … in an evening dress.)2verb: putting clothes onThe verb dress can be used to talk about putting clothes on oneself or somebody else. Undress is used for taking clothes off.It only takes me five minutes to dress in the morning.Could you dress the children for me?I'm going to undress in front of the fire.In informal English, we use get dressed/undressed to talk about dressing or undressing oneself.Get dressed and come downstairs at once!Put on and take off are generally used when clothes are mentioned.I put on a sweater, but it was so warm that I had to take it off again.Can you take Jack's boots off for him?3verb: wearing clothesTo say what somebody is/was wearing on a particular occasion, we can use the form be dressed in (note the preposition).I didn't recognise him because he was dressed in a dark suit. (not … dressed with …) or … dressing in …She was dressed in orange pyjamas.Be wearing and have on (especially AmE) are also very common.She was wearing orange pyjamas.She had on orange pajamas. (AmE)The active form dress (in) can be used to give the idea of repetition or habit.She always dresses in green.He dresses well.Note also the expression well dressed.Previous Next |
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