dress
US: /ˈdɹɛs/
UK: /dɹˈɛs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dress /dres/- danh từ
- quần áo
- in full dress: ăn mặc lễ phục
- in evening dress: mặc quần áo dự dạ hội (đàn bà); mặc lễ phục (đàn ông)
- a (the) dress: áo dài phụ nữ
- vỏ ngoài, cái bọc ngoài, vẻ ngoài
- quần áo
- ngoại động từ
- mặc (quần áo...), ăn mặc
- to be dressed in black: mặc đồ đen
- to be well dressed: ăn mặc sang trọng
- băng bó, đắp thuốc (người bị thương, vết thương)
- (quân sự) sửa lại hàng ngũ cho thẳng hàng, treo cờ xí (tàu thuỷ); bày biện (mặt hàng)
- sắm quần áo (cho một vở kịch)
- đẽo gọt (gỗ, đá), mài giũa (đồ thép...), mài nhẵn (mặt đá...)
- hồ (vải); thuộc (da)
- chải, vấn (tóc, đầu); chải (lông ngựa)
- sửa (vườn) tỉa, xén (cây)
- sửa soạn, nêm đồ gia vị, nấu (thức ăn)
- xới, làm (đất); bón phân (ruộng)
- mặc (quần áo...), ăn mặc
- nội động từ
- mặc quần áo, ăn mặc
- to dress well: ăn mặc sang trọng
- mặc lễ phục (dự dạ hội...)
- to dress for dinner: mặc lễ phục để ăn cơm tối
- (quân sự) xếp thẳng hàng
- right dress!: bên phải thẳng hàng!
- dress up!: tiến lên thẳng hàng!
- dress back!: lùi thẳng hàng!
- to dress down
- (thông tục) chỉnh, mắng mỏ; đánh đập
- đẽo, gọt, mài giũa
- to dress out
- diện ngất, "lên khung"
- to dress up
- diện bảnh; ăn mặc chải chuốt tề chỉnh
- mặc quần áo hội nhảy giả trang
- to be dressed up to the nines (to the knocker)
- "lên khung" , diện ngất
- mặc quần áo, ăn mặc
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
clothes
1 [C] a piece of women's clothing that is made in one piece and covers the body down to the legs, sometimes reaching to below the knees, or to the ankles: a long white dress + a wedding dress
See also -
2 [U] clothes for either men or women: to wear casual / formal dress + He has no dress sense (= no idea of how to dress well). + The company has a strict dress code-all male employees are expected to wear suits.
See also -
+ verb
clothes
1 ~ (sb) (in sth) to put clothes on yourself/sb: [V] I dressed quickly. + [VN] She dressed herself and the children in their best clothes. + Get up and get dressed! + The children spend hours dressing and undressing their dolls.
Antonym: UNDRESS
2 [V] ~ (sb) (for / in / as sth) to wear a particular type or style of clothes: to dress well / badly / fashionably / comfortably + You should dress for cold weather today. + She always dressed entirely in black. + He was dressed as a woman (= he was wearing women's clothes).
3 [V] to put on formal clothes: Do they expect us to dress for dinner?
4 [VN] to provide clothes for sb: He dresses many of Hollywood's most famous young stars.
wound
5 [VN] to clean, treat and cover a wound: The nurse will dress that cut for you.
food
6 [VN] to prepare food for cooking or eating: to dress a salad (= put oil or vinegar, etc. on it) + to dress a chicken (= clean it ready for cooking)
decorate
7 [VN] (formal) to decorate or arrange sth: to dress a shop window (= arrange a display of clothes or goods in it)
stone / wood / leather
8 [VN] to prepare a material such as stone, wood, leather, etc. for use
Idioms see MUTTON, PART n.
Phrasal Verbs: dress down to wear clothes that are more informal than those you usually wear, for example in an office
dress sb down to criticize or be angry with sb because they have done sth wrong
dress up to wear clothes that are more formal than those you usually wear: There's no need to dress up-come as you are.
dress up
dress sb up to put on special clothes, especially to pretend to be sb/sth different: Kids love dressing up. + The boys were all dressed up as pirates. + (BrE) dressing-up clothes + (AmE) dress-up clothes
dress sth up to present sth in a way that makes it seem better or different: However much you try to dress it up, office work is not glamorous.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 clothe, put on (clothing or clothes), attire, apparel, outfit, fit out, garb, accoutre or US also accouter; array, bedeck, deck out, rig out, smarten up:
They dressed him to look like a prince.
2 array, equip, adorn, decorate, deck out, arrange:
He has a job dressing shop windows.
3 bandage, treat, medicate, doctor:
After dressing my wound they gave me a sedative.
4 dress down. reprimand, scold, berate, castigate, rebuke, reprove, upbraid, Colloq tell off, haul (someone) over the coals, Brit tear (someone) off a strip, US and Canadian chew out, US rake (someone) over the coals, tee off on (someone):
The colonel dressed us down and cancelled all leave.
5 dress up.
(a) put on dinner or formal clothes, put on one's (Sunday) best (clothes), Colloq put on one's best bib and tucker or one's glad rags:
On the cruise, we dressed up in our dinner-jackets every night.
(b) (put on a) costume, disguise, masquerade, camouflage, put on fancy dress:
The children dressed up as goblins for Hallowe'en.
n.
6 frock, gown, outfit, costume, Colloq get-up:
Why not wear your new dress to the dance tonight?
Collocation
1 piece of clothing
ADJ.
ankle-length, full-length, long | short | skimpy | clinging, figure-hugging, tight, tight-fitting | loose-fitting, shapeless | full-skirted | backless, high-necked, low-cut, off-the-shoulder, revealing, sleeveless, strapless | slinky | cotton, silk, etc. | day, evening, Sunday | ball, cocktail, dinner, maternity, party, wedding
VERB + DRESS
zip (up) | unzip | hitch up, lift, pull up
She hitched up her long dress so it wouldn't drag in the mud.
| pull down | smooth
She sat down and smoothed her dress over her legs.
DRESS + NOUN
material | shop | designer | size
PREP.
in a/the ~
She appeared in a slinky satin dress. > Special page at CLOTHES
2 clothes for either men or women
ADJ.
ceremonial, formal | casual, informal | correct | evening | modern | period | national, traditional
He was wearing traditional Scottish dress.
| fancy | battle, military | civilian
DRESS + NOUN
code
The club has a strict dress code.
| sense
He's got poor dress sense.
| shirt | uniform
in full dress uniform
PREP.
in … ~
a performance of ‘Hamlet’ in modern dress
1 put on clothes
ADV.
hurriedly, quickly | slowly | carefully
PREP.
in
He dressed carefully in the brown suit he had been married in.
PHRASES
be fully dressed
She lay down on her bed, fully dressed.
| get dressed
She got dressed quickly.
2 wear clothes
ADV.
beautifully, elegantly, fashionably, immaculately, impeccably, neatly, nicely, smartly, well
Susan always dresses very elegantly. She was determined to be the best dressed woman at the wedding.
| badly, poorly, shabbily | appropriately, suitably | unsuitably | decently, properly, respectably | improperly | plainly, simply, soberly | ostentatiously, nattily, richly | casually | formally | expensively | warmly | scantily | identically
The twins were dressed identically.
PREP.
for
I have to dress smartly for work.
| in
The women were all dressed in blue skirts and white blouses.
Concise dictionary
dresses|dressed|dressingdresnoun
+a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
+clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
+clothing in general
verb
+put on clothes
+provide with clothes or put clothes on
+put a finish on
+dress in a certain manner
+dress or groom with elaborate care
+kill and prepare for market or consumption
+arrange in ranks
+decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
+provide with decoration
+put a dressing on
+cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
+cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
+convert into leather
+apply a bandage or medication to
+give a neat appearance to
+arrange attractively
adj.
+suitable for formal occasions
+(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
