dress

1. N-COUNT A dress is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl. It covers her body and part of her legs. 连衣裙

She was wearing a black dress. 她穿着一套黑色连衣裙。

2. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to clothes worn by men or women as dress. 服装

He wore formal evening dress. 他穿了正式的晚礼服。

3. V-T/V-I When you dress or dress yourself, you put on clothes. 穿衣服

He told Sarah to wait while he dressed. 他让莎拉等着他穿好衣服。

4. V-T If you dress someone, for example, a child, you put clothes on them. 给…穿衣

She bathed her and dressed her in clean clothes. 她给她洗了澡并穿上干净衣服。

5. V-I If someone dresses in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour. 打扮; 穿着

He dresses in a way that lets everyone know he's got authority. 他着装的式样让每个人都知道他已掌有权力。

6. V-I If you dress for something, you put on special clothes for it. 穿礼服

We don't dress for dinner here. 我们这儿参加晚宴不穿礼服。

7. V-T When someone dresses a wound, they clean it and cover it. 清理包扎 (伤口)

The poor child never cried or protested when I was dressing her wounds. 在我为那个可怜的女孩清理包扎伤口时，她不哭不闹。

8. →see also dressing , dressed