dress up

穿上盛装；打扮得漂漂亮亮；伪装

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

Mama insisted that we dress up when we went to shop.(妈妈坚持要我们去买东西时要盛装打扮。)

Billy: Do we have to 4 dress up tonight?(比利：我们今晚要盛装打扮吗？)

During school drama festival, students dress up in costumes and go to parties.(学校戏剧节期间，学生们穿上戏装去参加聚会。)

They dress up as ghosts and witches.(他们打扮成幽灵和巫婆的样子。)

He liked to dress up as a sailor.(他喜欢装扮成水手模样。)

B: Sorry. My mother made me dress up.(对不起，我妈妈给我打扮来着。)

Well now I can... well... I can dress up Barbie.(不过到现在我才会打扮芭比。)

Mrs Brown likes to dress up beautifully.(布朗太太喜欢打扮得漂漂亮亮。)

Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds.(有些人喜欢穿貂皮、戴钻石。)

Did you dress up for the occasion?(是否曾为重大场合而精心打扮？)