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单词 dress up
释义

dress up

phrasal verb
Other entries for this word
dress-up noun
dress (up) to the nines phrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theydress up
he/she/itdresses up
present participledressing up
past tensedressed up
past participledressed up
DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    intransitive to put on clothes that make you look like someone else, for fun

    All children love dressing up.

    dress up as:

    They had dressed up as princes and princesses.

    Synonyms and related words
    To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
    put on
    wear
    get dressed
    1. 1a
      transitive (dress someone up) to put clothes on someone so that they look like someone else, for fun

      For her birthday party, they dressed her up as a ballerina.

      Synonyms and related words
      To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
      put on
      wear
      get dressed
  2. 2
    intransitive to put on clothes that are more formal than the clothes you usually wear

    Jonah had obviously made an effort to dress up for the occasion.

    Synonyms and related words
    To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
    put on
    wear
    get dressed
  3. 3
    transitive to make something seem more impressive than it really is

    He tries to dress it up, but he’s basically a waiter.

    Synonyms and related words
    To exaggerate and overstate
    aggrandise
    aggrandize
    exaggerate

dress up

phrasal verb
Other entries for this word
dress (up) to the nines phrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theydress up
he/she/itdresses up
present participledressing up
past tensedressed up
past participledressed up
DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    intransitive to put on clothes that make you look like someone else, for fun

    All children love dressing up.

    dress up as:

    They had dressed up as princes and princesses.

    Synonyms and related words
    To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
    put on
    wear
    get dressed
    1. 1a
      transitive (dress someone up) to put clothes on someone so that they look like someone else, for fun

      For her birthday party, they had dressed her up as a fairy.

      Synonyms and related words
      To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
      put on
      wear
      get dressed
  2. 2
    intransitive to put on clothes that are more formal than the clothes you usually wear

    Jonah had obviously made an effort to dress up for the occasion.

    Synonyms and related words
    To put on or be wearing clothes and to dress other people
    put on
    wear
    get dressed
  3. 3
    transitive to make something seem more impressive than it really is

    He tries to dress it up, but he’s basically a waiter.

    Synonyms and related words
    To exaggerate and overstate
    aggrandise
    aggrandize
    exaggerate
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