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dress up


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/ us /dres/
to put on formal clothes for a special occasion: 穿正装,盛装
You don't need to dress up to go to the mall - jeans and a T-shirt are fine.去购物不必穿正装——牛仔裤加短袖衫就可以了。
to put on special clothes in order to change your appearance: 改换装束,装扮
dress up inLittle kids usually love dressing up in their mothers' clothes.小孩子通常喜欢穿妈妈的衣服。
dress up asHe dressed up as a cowboy for the party.他装扮成牛仔去参加聚会。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Putting clothes on
arrayed
bundle
bundle (someone) up
doll
doll yourself up
dolled up
dress
fling
get up
glam
glam (yourself) up
make yourself respectableidiom
mask
redon
respectable
rig
rig someone out
slip
slip into something
throw

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Decorating or making something attractive
Hiding and disguising

dress something up


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/ us /dres/
If you dress something up, you add something to it in order to make it seem more interesting or pleasing than it really is: 装饰,装点;美化
dress something up with somethingI thought I'd dress up the frozen pizza with a few extra tomatoes and olives.我想我会在冷冻的比萨饼上再加点西红柿和橄榄作装饰。
dress something up as somethingPoliticians tried to dress up the bill as a bold new strategy for combating poverty.政治家们试图把这个议案美化成与贫困作斗争的一项大胆的新策略。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Decorating or making something attractive
accessorize
adorn
adornment
beautification
beautify
embellishment
festoon
flock
foliated
garland
ornament
ornamentation
ornate
over-glamorize
overdecorate
twiddly
undecorated
unembellished
window dressing
yarn bombing
dress-up
noun[ U ]
USuk /ˈdresˌʌp/ us /ˈdresˌʌp/
putting on clothes and pretending to be something, or to be someone different: 改换装束,装扮
The kids were playing dress-up with their mothers' shoes and hats.孩子们穿戴上妈妈的鞋子和帽子玩游戏。
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Putting clothes on
arrayed
bundle
bundle (someone) up
doll
doll yourself up
dolled up
dress
fling
get up
glam
glam (yourself) up
make yourself respectableidiom
mask
redon
respectable
rig
rig someone out
slip
slip into something
throw

dress up | American Dictionary


dress up


phrasal verb with dressverbus/dres/

(WEAR FORMAL CLOTHES)


to wear more formal clothes than you usually wear:
You don’t need to dress up for the party.

dress up


phrasal verb with dressverbus/dres/

(CHANGE APPEARANCE)


to change your appearance by wearing special or unusual clothes:
The kids were all dressed up for the costume party.

dress up (something)


phrasal verb with dressverbus/dres/

(IMPROVE)


to make something look better than it usually would:
Satin and gold dress up a basic pair of jeans.
His record is a string of failures dressed up as victories.

Examples of dress up


dress up
I'm just playing dress-up, making a little fun of myself and having a really good time.
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It is unique for it strictly requires the contesting groups to dress-up their dancers in period costumes only.
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After all, playing dress-up does not result in one winner and many losers, and children may enjoy appeasing parents rather than the activity itself.
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They organized events such as dress-up days, bulletin board displays, and lunch events where participants could earn house points.
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Despite being treated like a dress-up doll or a pupil, she is trying to keep her chin up, and loves her new husband a lot.
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It organises stylish and colourful dress-up demonstrations as part of its campaign of direct action.
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Front and rear bumpers had optional chrome tips, a dress-up item that bolted to the ends of the stock bumper.
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Several websites provide a directory of dress-up games and are updated regularly to list the new games that appear online.
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However, during the war, the drawings transformed into women playing dress-up in military drag and drawn in seductive manners, like that of a child playing with a doll.
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The game features alternative modes of play; free play, quest and survival, as well as a dress-up option which allows players to alter the player characters' clothes.
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Thus, the single dress-up area is in the center piazza; classrooms are connected with telephones, passageways or windows; and lunchrooms and bathrooms are designed to encourage community.
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Dress-up websites can help children and anyone that play with their color coordination and imagination.
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