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单词 dress
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dressnoun

uk/dres/us/dres/

A1 [ C ] a piece of clothing for women or girls that covers the top half of the body and hangs down over the legs:

a long/short dress
a wedding dress

B2 [ U ] used, especially in combination, to refer to clothes of a particular type, especially those worn in particular situations:

The king, in full ceremonial dress, presided over the ceremony.

More examples

  • She was wearing exactly the same dress as I was.
  • She was wearing a black and white spotted dress.
  • Her wardrobe was crammed full of dresses.
  • He's designed dresses for many celebrities, most famously the Queen.
  • The little pageboys were dressed in kilts and the bridesmaids in pink dresses.

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Dresses, suits & gowns

  • abaya
  • ballgown
  • black tie
  • burka
  • burkini
  • jilbab
  • jumpsuit
  • kaftan
  • kimono
  • lounge suit
  • pinstripe
  • robe
  • safari suit
  • salwar kameez
  • sari
  • toga
  • trouser suit
  • tunic
  • two-piece
  • wrap

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Clothing - general words

dressverb

uk/dres/us/dres/

dress verb (PUT ON CLOTHES)

A2 [ I or T ] to put clothes on yourself or someone else, especially a child:

My husband dresses the boys while I make breakfast.
He left very early and had to dress in the dark.

B1 [ I + adv/prep ] to wear a particular type of clothes:

I have to dress in a suit and tie for work.
Patricia always dresses in black (= wears black clothes).
dress for dinner

to put on formal clothes for a meal:

It's the type of hotel where you're expected to dress for dinner.

More examples

  • She often dresses in black .
  • "People round here dress so badly - except you, Justin, " she hastened to add.
  • It's an outdoor party, so dress informally.
  • Ben gets a lot of criticism from his parents about the way he dresses.
  • She dresses beautifully, don't you think?

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Putting clothes on

  • arrayed
  • bundle
  • bundle (sb) up
  • doll
  • doll yourself up
  • dolled up
  • fitting
  • fling
  • fling sth on/off
  • get yourself/sb up
  • glam
  • glam (yourself) up
  • put
  • rig
  • rig sb out
  • slip
  • slip into sth
  • throw
  • throw sth on
  • try sth on

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dress verb (PREPARE FOOD)

[ T ] to add a liquid, especially a mixture of oil and vinegar, to a salad for extra flavour:

a dressed salad

[ T ] to prepare meat, chicken, fish, or crab so it can be eaten:

a whole dressed crab

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Preparing food

  • butter
  • can't boil an egg idiom
  • caramelize
  • carve
  • clarified
  • cube
  • fold
  • knead
  • leaven
  • liquidize
  • malt
  • marinade
  • prep
  • salt
  • slow food
  • spice
  • stuffed
  • sweeten
  • thicken
  • thin

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dress verb (TREAT INJURY)

[ T ] to treat an injury by cleaning it and putting medicine or a covering on it to protect it:

Clean and dress the wound immediately.

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Medical dressings, supports & devices

  • auditory brainstem implant
  • Band-Aid
  • bandage
  • biventricular pacemaker
  • calipers
  • cochlear implant
  • cotton ball
  • cotton wool ball
  • earplug
  • Elastoplast
  • hearing aid
  • ice pack
  • lint
  • liposome
  • oxygen tank
  • plaster cast
  • poultice
  • truss
  • walker
  • Zimmer frame

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dress verb (SHOP WINDOW)

[ T ] to decorate a shop window, usually with an arrangement of goods:

They're dressing the store's windows for Christmas.

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Decorating or making something attractive

  • accessorize
  • adorn
  • adornment
  • beautify
  • bedeck
  • edged
  • embellish
  • festoon
  • flock
  • garland
  • glam
  • ornament
  • ornamentation
  • ornate
  • pimp
  • prettify
  • titivate
  • twiddly
  • window dressing
  • zhuzh

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Phrasal verb(s)

dress down
dress up
dress sth up

dressadjective [ before noun ]

uk/dres/us/dres/

used to refer to men's suits, shirts, or other clothes of the type that are worn at formal occasions:

a white dress shirt and bow tie

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Style & appearance of clothes

  • backless
  • baggy
  • bespoke
  • black tie
  • bootcut
  • half-sleeve
  • hang
  • ill-fitting
  • knitted
  • low-cut
  • preppy
  • ruck
  • S, s
  • scantily
  • scoop-neck
  • sequin
  • skintight
  • tweedy
  • white-tie
  • wraparound

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