1no object Put on one's clothes.

格雷厄姆很快地洗了个淋浴并穿好衣服。

我去换换衣服。

1. 1.1with adverbial Wear clothes in a particular way or of a particular type.
   打扮
   she's nice-looking and dresses well

   她既漂亮又会打扮。

   he was dressed in jeans and a thick sweater

   他穿着牛仔裤和一件厚厚的羊毛套衫。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She doesn't dress flamboyantly, instead wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.
   • Her attacker, who was dressed in black and wearing a balaclava, grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her throat, before escaping with her handbag.
   • She wore black, and dressed in long skirts with shirt collars buttoned at the throat.
   • She dressed conservatively, wore little makeup and was unpretentious.
   • As I went into private practice, I made sure that my shoes always shone and dressed sharply, always wearing freshly laundered shirts to court.
   • It's a challenge on every level - so you begin dressing nicely, wearing some perfume, maybe even a sexy pair of heels.
   • Both Nicky and Georgina were dressed casually, with Nicky wearing jeans and a baseball cap while Georgina wore jeans and a floral top.
   • Since we were partying on the Southside I dressed accordingly and wore black jeans and a black Sex Pistols tank top.
   • Some were attired in figure-hugging minis, some were dressed in sparkling evening wear and a few in casuals.
   • On stage he would be dressed in evening wear, a bowler hat and a stainless steel waistcoat.
   • She dresses normally, wearing dark jeans, and a pale pink tee shirt, but she doesn't have a trace of make up on her face.
   • Club officials will be giving patrons dressed in beach wear an entry form to complete which will be put into a barrel for the cash draw after the fourth race.
   • Instead of the white satin gown and lace veil Elizabeth had worn, Inger simply dressed in her Sunday best.
   • I noted some boys who looked quite plain, dressed in jeans and sports t-shirts.
   • The men were wearing balaclavas and dressed in black jackets with a gold band along the bottom like a uniform.
   • He dresses in overalls and wears a tall straw hat.
   • Although conservatively dressed, he wore a gold watch chain on his grey waistcoat and designer black leather shoes.
   • They are all dressed similarly, most wearing the same blue jacket and hat as the man who has just spoken to me in English.
   • They do not wear uniforms but are dressed in black or civilian clothes, United States officials said.
   • ‘We have to do a do a couple of walks, one dressed in sports wear and one dressed in evening wear,’ he said.

   Synonyms

   clothe, attire, garb, fit out, turn out, deck, deck out, trick out/up, costume, array, robe, accoutre

   informal get up, doll up

   literary bedizen

   archaic apparel
2. 1.2with object Put clothes on (someone)
   给…穿衣
   they dressed her in a white hospital gown

   他们给她穿上医院里的白色外袍。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She was still wrapped in the clothes Sebastain dressed her with.
   • Mr Barry is able to wash, prepare limited snack meals and dress himself.
   • He took him in, washed him, fed him, dressed him, and got him new identity papers.
   • Back at the house, we were dressed in normal clothes once again.
   • He dresses her in frilly clothes and surrounds her with stuffed animals and dolls.
   • He helped me to the bed and dressed me.
   • How can anyone make a ‘big is beautiful’ movie and then dress the girl like she's been through a trash compacter to shave off a few inches?
   • The women begin their task, washing the body, dressing it in robes, and preparing it for the funeral ceremony to come.
   • They had always spoiled me when I was younger, buying me things I didn't want or need, dressing me up in clothes I didn't like.
   • After all, it's no mean trick dressing a sleeping baby in a tiny clown outfit, complete with pointy hat!
   • She joins Grace at the change table and watches as Grace finishes dressing the baby.
   • Cathryn was not quite sure what to make of this for she could see no logical reason for dressing her in these clothes.
   • She commented quite snarkily on how Mrs. Roberts dressed her children just too perfectly in their Sunday clothes to go to the White House.
   • I have to question the clothes my parents dressed me in back then.
   • Every morning Mama would dress him in nice clothes, comb his straight light brown hair, and make sure his face and hands were clean.
   • I bathed them, dressed them, fed them, changed their bandages, lifted them out of wheelchairs and into beds.
   • The nurses had dressed their baby, wrapped him in a blanket and given them the opportunity to hold him.
   • But as for dressing them the same, Lana makes sure she keeps the twins' individuality.
   • Your mother and I taught you the ways of the Indians and dressed you in Indian clothes.
   • The urban propensity to dress babies with fancy clothes makes them more vulnerable to malaria.
3. 1.3 Put on clothes appropriate for a formal occasion.
   （为正式场合）穿礼服
   we dressed for dinner every night

   我们每晚都穿礼服就餐。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The recent annual presentation night had a huge turn out of young people all dressed well for the occasion.
   • Sian, in a long coat that swished theatrically behind her, had dressed for the occasion; so too the conscientious Kevin Amos in his DJ.
   • The colourful event was redolent of Nashville with everyone dressed for the occasion in denims, cowboy hats and rhinestone ornamented boots.
   • Not for the first time, however, this reviewer turns up wrongly dressed for the occasion.
   • Staff at the pub will be dressing for the occasion at the event to help encourage punters to join in.
   • In the hotel we dressed for dinner, though this was not our usual custom.
   • Carrying picnic baskets, and dressed for the occasion, the crowd was entertained by local musicians - part of a free concert laid on for the event.
   • And definitely dressed for the occasion were mother and daughter Pamela and Penelope Gahan.
   • Wellington was dressing for dinner in Toulouse when he heard that Napoleon had abdicated.
   • Everyone seemed dressed for the occasion, adding to the modern art environment.
   • However he requires his retinue and guests always to dress formally for dinner.
   • On the ship he played bingo, went to the shows, dressed for dinner, and maintained his silent decorum.
   • All readers are invited, provided you dress for the occasion.
   • One of them accepts the wedding invitation but then doesn't bother to dress for the occasion.
   • Feeling like a character in a Nancy Mitford novel, I dressed for dinner and met my husband in the bar.
   • He dressed for the occasion, received higher class audiences, held forth on the merits and demerits of the film and was usually an expert on public taste.
   • To fly with the airlines meant one expected impeccable first-class service and one dressed for the occasion.
   • Gayle was getting dressed for dinner, when she heard Riann's voice.
   • They finish up with just barely enough time to get cleaned up again and dressed for dinner with Eric's parents.
   • The upmarket style bible put Camilla in its ‘showstoppers’ category of women who know how to dress for a big occasion.

   Synonyms

   wear formal clothes, put on evening dress, dress up

   change (one's clothes)
4. 1.4with object Design or supply clothes for (a celebrity)
   为（名人）设计（或提供）服装
   for over four decades he dressed the royal family

   他为王室设计服装已有40多年了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He has dressed celebrities like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ashley Judd.
   • Slimane has dressed a lot of rock stars and bands, including the Libertines.
   • He dressed stars like Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Wood, as well as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
   • The now Duchess of Cornwall has had many outfits made by the label, Robinson Valentine in the past five years, so they are familiar with dressing Camilla.
   • And not just the Los Angeles premiere, the Indian designer will also dress the actress for the screening of the film in London later this month.

2with object Decorate (something) in an artistic or attractive way.

孩子们小的时候，她喜欢装饰圣诞树。

1. 2.1 Decorate (a ship) with flags for a special occasion.
   （为特别场合）在（船）上挂旗
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Let us dress our ship as befits a brigand who shows her heels to the pursuers.
   • Ships were dressed with flags and sailors climbed the rigging or stood on decks, caps in hand, to cheer the Queen.

3with object Treat or prepare (something) in a certain way.

1. 3.1 Clean, treat, or apply a dressing to (a wound)
   处理，包扎（伤口）
   she washed the wound and dressed it with fresh bandages

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Often, self-harm is hidden, with its victims becoming expert in dressing their own injuries.
   • The plaintiff was taken to Humber Hospital where her leg was reduced, the wound dressed and a leg splint applied.
   • Shannon was the one who dressed my wounds and dried my tears.
   • The incision then was dressed with self-adhesive wound approximating strips.
   • I went to my general practitioner and had the wound dressed by a nurse at the surgery.
   • The skin wound was dressed with gauze, and sterile plaster wool was applied.
   • I propped Gary up against the building and began to dress his wounds.
   • That is why more serious burns need to be dressed and kept clean to help prevent this whilst the skin heals.
   • Of course, his first instinct was to dress the wounds, to stop the bleeding.
   • After he was finished, the woman dressed his sore wounds with a cooling salve.
   • The nurse cleaned and dressed the arm, and then arranged again for surgery clinic follow-up.
   • Without words, she pulled out a bandage from one of his bags and began dressing the wound.
   • The wound is dressed with gauze, which is taped into place.
   • There was a long pause while Adrian and Brad continued to clean and dress the wounds.
   • She made her way to her room to clean and dress the wound.
   • She learned to dress wounds and the proper techniques for transferring surgical patients.
   • After dressing my wound, the local pharmacist even gave me a lollipop.
   • Adam never saw the heartache his father endured as he cleaned and dressed his son's injuries.

   Synonyms

   bandage, cover, bind (up), wrap, swaddle, swathe, plaster, put a plaster on
2. 3.2 Clean and prepare (food, especially poultry or shellfish) for cooking or eating.
   清洗，准备（家禽或水生有壳动物等食物）
   dress the crab and shell the prawns

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Doug delivers freshly dressed chickens, eggs and a growing list of other farm-fresh products to 10 gourmet restaurants.
   • We chose to share a dressed crab with lemon dill mayonnaise.
   • The acidity of the soursop varies: the pulp of some fruits can be eaten raw, while others have to be dressed with sugar to make them palatable.
   • Anyway I was dressing a salmon… which quite obviously I have overpoached.

   Synonyms

   prepare, get ready, make ready

   clean
3. 3.3 Add a dressing to (a salad)
   给（色拉）加调料
   dress the salad with vinaigrette

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There's also a tiny heart of cabbage, blanched and dressed with vinaigrette.
   • The classic accompaniment of tartines is a green salad, dressed with a vinaigrette that can even be in accordance to the theme.
   • The salad should not be dressed in this way until the instant before it is wanted for table.
   • The duck leg was melt-in-the-mouth delicious, accompanied by fried potato slices and a delicate garden salad dressed as only a French chef can.
   • Salads are piquantly dressed, potatoes sautéed in duck fat are copiously served and the house wine, a young Cotes du Rhone, is more than adequate.
   • They both offer wonderfully subtle and sweet tastes, best brought out by a salad dressed with a sharp and tangy vinaigrette.
   • Place a goat's cheese burger on top, then some relish, a few salad leaves dressed in vinaigrette, and top with the lid.
   • This vinaigrette is incredibly flexible - it can be used for dressing salads, glazing braised fish, or to marinate cooked potatoes.
   • With them came two mild, home-pickled onions, six cornichons and some fashionable salad leaves dressed only in olive oil, bizarrely, and not great oil at that.
   • When I'm trying to be sensible I do a rocket leaf salad dressed with aged balsamic vinegar from Tesco's.
   • Serve immediately or at room temperature - it would be nicely complemented by a salad dressed with walnut oil.
   • Mix equal parts low fat mayonnaise and yogurt and use to dress coleslaw or potato salad.
   • A good accompaniment is a green salad dressed with olive oil and Dijon mustard.
   • Conversely potato salad should be dressed while hot, so that the cooling potatoes suck in the dressing.
   • Serve with an arugula salad dressed with a tangy vinaigrette.
   • More mature cheeses are firmer and can be crumbled over pasta or soup, or grilled and served on a salad dressed with walnut oil.
   • The first comprised six flavoursome langoustines in a tempura batter as light as a prawn cracker, served on salad dressed with an interesting sweet basil oil.
   • For instance, serve veggie hot dogs with a leafy salad dressed with oil and vinegar rather than canned baked beans.
   • Cholestrol levels must be the last thing on the minds of most of the guests who seem to love salads that have been dressed in creamy mayonnaise sauce.
   • Serve polenta with cherry tomato halves lightly dressed with an herb vinaigrette.
4. 3.4 Apply a fertilizer to (an area of ground or a plant)
   为（土地，花园，植物）施肥
   the field was dressed with unrotted farmyard manure

   Example sentencesExamples

   • At the correct times the ground about the trees was dressed with sea-sand manure.
   • Grass staggers is brought about by a diet that is too high in protein, a condition found in rapidly growing pasture, especially on ground that has been heavily dressed with fertilizer.
   • Feed your plants by side dressing with a vegetable fertilizer same as you would in the spring.

   Synonyms

   fertilize, add fertilizer to, feed, enrich, manure, mulch, compost, top-dress
5. 3.5 Complete the preparation or manufacture of (leather or fabric) by treating its surface in some way.
   鞣（革）；表面加工（织物）
   leather that had been dressed with alum

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Officers complained that it was extremely difficult to keep the full dress uniform presentable, since the lace dirtied the white cloth, and the brimstone used to dress the cloth damaged the lace.
6. 3.6 Smooth the surface of (stone)
   修琢（石料）
   it takes two days to dress a pair of millstones

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The building is made of dressed stone and rendered walls, coloured rendered concrete walls and rammed earth walls.
   • This crosses the valley on a solid structure, built of dressed stone facing a rubble core.
   • Every stone has to be dressed, which means that for every week of building with stone, it takes two days to prepare the stone.
   • Now it resembled a low fortress wall with blocks of stone evenly cut and dressed, and white lines to guide devotees on moonless nights.
   • All new stone was found on the site, and was dressed and laid by local craftsmen.
   • This is the first time that the use of dressed stone masonry is made, a major step in the evolution of building construction.
   • Some of the old colonial flavour remains in the charming dressed stone church of St John in the Wilderness.
   • The well-house is built of dressed stone with a squared-off doorway out of which flows a vigorous stream.
   • Stone was dressed in different ways as time and technology advanced.
   • On the exterior walls, 240 dressed and corner stones had to be redone and the top floor needed to be completely replaced.

   Synonyms

   smooth, polish, gloss, level, face
7. 3.7 Arrange or style (hair)
   Patrick dressed Michelle's hair in a sculptured, Japanese-type style

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Helen stood behind Rena, dressing her hair in a plain but also extraordinary fashion.
   • For these women it was customary to apply cosmetics and to dress their hair in the morning.
   • Carved wooden Akan combs were used to both dress the hair and ornament it.
   • Her hair was styled and dressed and her make-up was carefully applied.

   Synonyms

   style, groom, arrange, comb, brush, do, put in order, straighten, adjust, preen, primp

   informal fix

4Military
with object Draw up (troops) in the proper alignment.

1. 4.1no object (of troops) come into proper alignment.
   〔军〕使排列整齐，整（队）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Soldiers dress by one another in ranks, and the body collectively by some given object.

   Synonyms

   collapse, cave in, come down about one's ears, crash in, fall down

5(of a man) have the genitals habitually on one or the other side of the fork of the trousers.

你习惯上把生殖器放在裤衩的左侧吗？

6with object Make (an artificial fly) for use in fishing.

1A one-piece garment for a woman or girl that covers the body and extends down over the legs.

2mass noun Clothing of a specified kind for men or women.

非洲传统服装。

1. 2.1as modifier Denoting military uniform or other clothing used on formal or ceremonial occasions.
   军服；礼服
   a dress suit

   一套军服。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She was starting to feel out of place in her dress slacks and matching jacket.
   • The government men stepped off, in military dress uniforms, each with a large group of ribbons on the left chest over the olive drab fabric.
   • He looked so good in that dark blue dress shirt and black dress pants of his.
   • I had finished dressing in my black dress pants, and white low-cut blouse.
   • She let her mind wander to what Adam would look like dressed up in a nice dress shirt and tight black dress slacks.
   • I expected Devin to emerge in full Navy regalia, dress uniform and everything.
   • He looked stunning in his shirt of royal blue and black dress slacks.
   • My brother - who was then and remains my hero - stood ramrod straight in his Marine Corps dress blues.
   • Everyone around him wore black suits and red ties, with shiny dress shoes.
   • I'm in dress shoes, collared shirt and a pin striped jacket, dressed up for me, though I rode over here on a bike.
   • He wore a blue point collar dress shirt and black dress slacks.
   • On certain uniforms, such as the Army mess dress uniform, miniature medals are actually worn.
   • Cedric's dress shirt is untucked and his suit jacket hanging over one arm.
   • During this first decade, standard dress uniforms were created for the rodeo performances.
   • His outfit consisted of a white cotton dress shirt with a black bow tie and matching shoes.
   • Adorned in pristine Air Force dress uniforms and spit-shined shoes, they are the epitome of professionalism.
   • When we were all called together again for a meeting, I saw that both Decker and Dev were in ceremonial dress military uniforms.
   • They didn't start wearing corporate suits but they proved they can dress in collared shirts and dress shoes.
   • He came out dressed in a sort of military dress uniform, complete with tight shiny pants and a cap decorated with the iron cross.
   • Tearful colleagues in dress uniform formed a guard of honour for the funeral at the church in Todmorden Road yesterday.