【dress音标】 英[dres] 美[dres]
【单词释义】 dress是什么意思：
n.连衣裙；服状；衣服；装饰；礼服
vt.&vi.给…穿衣；穿着；打扮
adj.连衣裙的；须穿礼服的；适合于正式场合的；办公时（或半正式场合）穿戴的
vt.给…穿衣；给…提供衣服；装潢，装饰或装点；排成列
vi.穿衣；排列整齐
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] dresses [第三人称单数] dresses
[单词现在分词] dressing
[单词过去式] dressed
[单词过去分词] dressed
【dress形近词/近似词】
underdress n. 内衣；内裙；裙子 v. (使)穿得过于朴素；(使)穿得太单薄
ambassadress n.女大使
redress n.补偿，赔偿；矫正，纠正 vt.赔偿；救济；补偿；改正，矫正
undress v. (使)脱衣服；(使)卸去装饰；暴露，揭露 n. 赤身；便服
address n.地址；演说 v.写姓名地址；演说；处理
【常用短语】
dress up 打扮，装饰
【单词例句】
◇ "Until we get back clean the house and have the laundry washed spotlessly." The powered and dressed up stepmother and stepsisters left for the ball. "Oh! How I wish to go to the ball too." Cinderella left all alone began to cry.
“我们回来之前你要洗衣服，打扫房子，而且得一尘不染。”恶狠狠的继母和姐姐们说完就去参加晚会了。”“哦，我多么想去舞会啊，”等所有人离开后灰姑娘开始哭了。
---- Cinderella
◇ "Oh, I will give you anything, dear frog," she replied. "What will you want----my dresses, my pearls and jewels, or my golden crown?"
她回答说：“哦，我会给你任何东西，亲爱的青蛙。你要什么－－我的衣服，珍珠，珠宝还是我金色的王冠呢？”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ But Karen herself was cleanly and nicely dressed; she must learn to read and sew; and people said she was a nice little thing, but the looking-glass said: "Thou art more than nice, thou art beautiful!"
不过现在珈伦却穿起干净整齐的衣服来。她学着读书和做针线，别人都说她很可爱。不过她的镜子说："你不但可爱；你简直是美丽。"
---- The Red Shoes
◇ Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress.
许多年以前有一位皇帝，他非常喜欢穿好看的新衣服。他为了要穿得漂亮，把所有的钱都花到衣服上去了。
◇ When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
当一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮的美女朗读诗歌以纪念那位诗人时，在场的每个人都屏住了呼吸，然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。
◇ But red's bloody beginning has transformed over millennia. During medieval times, for example, red was worn by royals as a status symbol. And today, brides in many parts of India are married in red dress.
几千年来，红色的含义发生了变化。举例而言：在中世纪时期，贵族穿戴红色，以象征自己的地位；如今，在印度的许多地区，新娘结婚时都身穿红裙。
---- Why so many fast food logos are red
◇ And for dresses, the most important thing to check is that the hanger isn’t distorting the shape of the dress as those clothing items are more difficult to hang because there are so many different cuts, shapes, styles and fabrics.
存放裙装时，最重要的是看看衣架会不会使裙子变形。裙装有各种不同的裁剪、衣形、款式和面料，因此最难悬挂。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ On the other hand, less fitted clothes like loose pants, a flowy shirt, or a dress all allow air to keep circulating.
另外，像是宽松的裤子、飘逸的衬衫或裙子等等不那么紧身的衣物可以保持空气的流通。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ In this dress I will go to the fair, where all young fellows will strive to have me for a parter;but no -- I shall refuse every one of them,and with a disdainful toss turn from them.
我穿上这件衣服去赶集，所有的年轻小伙子都会抢着邀请我做舞伴；但是不行——我要轻蔑地把头一扬，转身过去不理他们，让他们人人都碰个钉子。
---- The country Maid and Her Milk Can
◇ As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.
近看这个小女孩时，我注意到她几乎是完全被放在轮椅里，意识到她没有胳膊和腿，只剩下了头部、脖子以及躯干了。她穿着一件小白裙，上面还有红色的圆点花纹。
---- World of Smiles