dresses
A dress is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl. It covers her body and part of her legs.
She was wearing a black dress.
她穿着一套黑色连衣裙。
You can refer to clothes worn by men or women as dress.
He wore formal evening dress.
他穿了正式的晚礼服。
hundreds of Cambodians in traditional dress.
数百名身着传统服装的柬埔寨人。
dress down
If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less formal than usual.
She dresses down in dark glasses and baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
她戴着墨镜,穿着宽松的衣服,以免被大群的仰慕者认出来。
dress up
If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look more formal than usual or to disguise yourself.
You do not need to dress up for dinner.
你不必为了晚宴盛装打扮。
I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing.
我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的服装,很好玩。
If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look more formal or to disguise them.
Mother loved to dress me up.
妈妈喜欢装扮我。
If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.
Politicians are happier to dress up their ruthless ambition as a necessary pursuit of the public good.
政客们更乐于把自己的狼子野心粉饰成对公众利益的一种必要追求。
dresses , dressing , dressed
When you dress or dress yourself, you put on clothes.
He told Sarah to wait while he dressed.
他让莎拉等着他穿好衣服。
If you dress someone, for example, a child, you put clothes on them.
She bathed her and dressed her in clean clothes.
她给她洗了澡并穿上干净衣服。
If someone dresses in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour.
He dresses in a way that lets everyone know he's got authority.
他着装的式样让每个人都知道他已大权在握了。
If you dress for something, you put on special clothes for it.
We don't dress for dinner here.
我们这儿参加晚宴不穿礼服。
When someone dresses a wound, they clean it and cover it.
The poor child never cried or protested when I was dressing her wounds.
在我为那个可怜的女孩清理包扎伤口时,她不哭不闹。