| 单词 | clothe |
| 释义 | clothe (once / 52 pages) v To clothe someone is to give them something to wear, or to dress them in clothing. If you clothe your dog in cute outfits, you may traumatize him for life. You can clothe yourself, or someone else — for example, you might clothe yourself in black for a relative's funeral or clothe yourself in sequins and feathers for the school dance. You can also figuratively clothe someone or something, lending them a sense of power or respectability. Clothe shares a root with clothing and cloth, the Old English claþ, "cloth or sail," and also "woven material to wrap around oneself." WORD FAMILYclothe: clothed, clothes, clothing, overclothe, unclothe, underclothed, underclothes+/clothes: clothesless/clothing: clothings, underclothing/overclothe: overclothed, overclothes, overclothing/unclothe: unclothed, unclothes, unclothing USAGE EXAMPLESSort clothes by type, grouping pants together, then shirts or blouses, jackets or dresses. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Electronic toys and games played outside school plus the availability of knockoff German army clothes may stoke curiosity about the Nazis, Liang said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) A newspaper investigation last year claimed women and girls were charged, on average, 37% more for clothes, beauty products and toys. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1v provide with clothes or put clothes on Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper apparel, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog dress, get dressed put on clothes discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress get undressed disinvest, divest, strip, undressremove (someone's or one's own) clothes prim, prim out, prim up dress primly cover, wrap upclothe, as if for protection from the elements jacketput a jacket on frockput a frock on shirtput a shirt on habitput a habit on vestureprovide or cover with a cloak overclothe, overdressdress too warmly underdressdress without sufficient warmth corsetdress with a corset shoefurnish with shoes coatcover or provide with a coat costume, dress updress in a costume robe, vestclothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes gowndress in a gown change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors Syn|Hyper adorn, invest equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose 3v cover as if with clothing the mountain was clothed in tropical trees Syn|Hyper cloak, drape, robe cover, spread over form a cover over |
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