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单词 put on
释义 put on
verb
Etymology: Middle English putten on, from putten to put + on
transitive verb
1. : to impose as a burden : inflict
 < known for putting on heavy fines >
2.
 a. : to dress oneself in : don
  < at night would put on courtly garb — R.A.Hall b.1911 >
  < put her new dress on >
 b. : to invest oneself with : take on
  < put on the flesh and bones of a creature and walked His own earth — Alan Paton & Liston Pope >
 c. : to make part of one's appearance or behavior : adopt
  < seems to feel the necessity of putting on a good deal of professional dignity — A.W.Long >
 d. : to assume misleadingly : feign
  < looked so pretty, putting on an ugly face — Andrew Young >
  < put a saintly manner on >
3.
 a. : to cause to act or operate : apply
  < put on a sprint of speed to make it — Donn Byrne >
 b. : to assign to some job or activity
  < were put on with mattocks at chipping over the whole of the bare area — A.F.Ellis >
  < put extra salesmen on for the holiday rush >
 c. cricket : to direct (a player) to bowl
4.
 a. : add
  < has been putting on weight >
 b. : exaggerate, overstate
  < he's putting it on when he makes such claims >
5. : to push forward (as the hands of a clock) : advance
6. : perform, produce
 < put on an entertaining act >
 < put on a spectacular production of the play >
7. : to deceive in a good-natured way : kid
 < you're putting me on >
intransitive verb
chiefly Scotland : to dress oneself
 < slowly slowly raise she up and slowly put she onBarbara Allen >
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