| 单词 | dressed |
| 释义 | dressed (drest ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A2 If you are dressed, you are wearing clothes rather than being naked or wearing your night clothes. If you get dressed, you put on your clothes. He was fully dressed, including shoes. He went into his bedroom to get dressed. 2. adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE] B1 If you are dressed in a particular way, you are wearing clothes of a particular colour or kind. ...a tall thin woman dressed in black. [+ in] ...a tall, elegantly dressed man. 3. See also well-dressed 4. dressed to kill phrase If someone is dressed to kill, they are wearing very smart or fashionable clothes because they want people to notice them and think they are attractive. [informal] Idioms: dressed to kill wearing very stylish clothes which are intended to attract attention and impress people She was dressed to kill in a red strapless gown. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers all dressed up with nowhere to go prepared for something, but with no opportunity to do it The team were left all dressed up with nowhere to go after their match was called off because of a frozen pitch. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dressed to the nines or dressed up to the nines wearing very smart or glamorous clothes Everyone is dressed up to the nines. Huge hats, frills, tight dresses, sequins and high heels. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers mutton dressed as lamb [British] a woman who dresses in a style which is considered suitable only for younger women Above all else, I want to avoid being frumpy, or mutton dressed as lamb. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 装饰一新的 Japanese: 服を着た |
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