dress up

verb

1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

e.g. She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
The young girls were all fancied up for the party

Synonym: overdressfig outfig updeck upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog out

2. dress in a certain manner

e.g. She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
he dressed up in a suit and tie

Synonym: dress

3. dress in a costume

e.g. We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins

Synonym: costume

4. make something appear superficially attractive

e.g. The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

Synonym: window-dress

5. put a caparison on

e.g. caparison the horses for the festive occasion

Synonym: caparisonbardbarde

1. 装扮;打扮
If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.

dress up的翻译

e.g. You do not need to dress up for dinner...
你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
e.g. 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。

2. 给…打扮;给…装扮
If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them.

e.g. Mother loved to dress me up.
妈妈喜欢打扮我。

3. 修饰;美化;粉饰
If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

4. see also: dressed up;dressing-up

1. dress up

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