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服饰
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.
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.
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.
4. see also: dressed up;dressing-up
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