dress up

英 [dres ʌp]

美 [dres ʌp]

装扮; 打扮; 给…打扮; 给…装扮; 修饰; 美化; 粉饰

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮
  If youdress upordressyourselfup, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.
  1. You do not need to dress up for dinner...
     你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
  2. I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing...
     我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
  3. Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.
     小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。
• PHRASAL VERB 给…打扮;给…装扮
  If youdresssomeoneup, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them.
  1. Mother loved to dress me up.
     妈妈喜欢打扮我。
• PHRASAL VERB 修饰;美化;粉饰
  If youdresssomethingup, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.
  1. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good...
     政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
  2. However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.
     无论你如何粉饰,银行就是为了放贷而生的。
• See also:dressed updressing-up

英英释义

verb

• put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  1. She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
  2. The young girls were all fancied up for the party
  Synonym:overdressfig outfig updeck upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog out
• dress in a certain manner
  1. She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
  2. he dressed up in a suit and tie
  Synonym:dress
• dress in a costume
  1. We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
  Synonym:costume
• make something appear superficially attractive
  1. The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
  2. Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
  Synonym:window-dress
• put a caparison on
  1. caparison the horses for the festive occasion
  Synonym:caparisonbardbarde

双语例句

• A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
  男人则只盛装出席婚礼和葬礼。
• The exam is all over, so they dress up like that already.
  考试都结束了，她们也打扮好了出来的。
• Did you dress up specially for me?
  你这么打扮是专门为了我吗？
• Playing dress up with your daughter. Its fun to be a princess for an hour.
  和女儿玩装扮游戏，当一个小时的公主也很有趣。
• Yes, a lot. I like to dress up as the Superman or ET.
  是的，很多。我喜欢装扮成超人或外星人。
• You don't need to dress up just to go to the pub-jeans and a T-shirt will do.
  你不需要只是为了去酒馆而盛装打扮，牛仔裤和运动衫就可以了。
• I need to dress up a little to attend my friend's wedding.
  我得稍稍打扮一下去出席我朋友的婚礼。
• They have organized games and the staff dress up as clowns.
  他们已经组织了游戏，工作人员打扮成小丑。
• Sometimes passengers get into the spirit and dress up as well.
  有时乘客进入精神和装扮。
• Can you run the dress up for me in one evening?
  你能用一个晚上为我把这件衣服赶制好吗？