英语词汇“to dress forth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

transitive. literary. To present to public view in a specified way, esp. to best advantage. Also: to clothe stylishly or ostentatiously. Now somewhat archaic.

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c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. iv. 28 The romanis dressit furth þis play In the maist solempne maner þai culd or mycht, to mak It þe more sichty and glorius to the pepill.

1641 N. Homes New World 4 The holy Ghost useth other flowers of eloquence to dresse forth and adorne this glorious estate of the reformed Church.

1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 291 Dampier would thus, without ill-meaning satyr, Dress forth in simple style the Petit-maitre.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. x. 68 Dress forth his Wenches in such gaudy Apparel.

1832 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 22 Dec. 419/2 He rode in state through the city, dressed forth in silks and tinsel, and preceded by twelve persons habited as the twelve months of the year.

1891 Post-graduate & Wooster Q. Oct. 36 It..goes below the act dressed forth in fair outward appearances.

1913 E. B. Delano Colonel's Exper. xiv. 213 The old house of Montebello was dressed forth in such state as it had not seen in two generations.

1988 L. Senelick Age & Stage of George L. Fox i. 4 A child used simply to swell a progress or dress forth a scene.

单词	to dress forth
释义	> as lemmas to dress forth to dress forth transitive. literary. To present to public view in a specified way, esp. to best advantage. Also: to clothe stylishly or ostentatiously. Now somewhat archaic. ΚΠ c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. iv. 28 The romanis dressit furth þis play In the maist solempne maner þai culd or mycht, to mak It þe more sichty and glorius to the pepill. 1641 N. Homes New World 4 The holy Ghost useth other flowers of eloquence to dresse forth and adorne this glorious estate of the reformed Church. 1720 J. Gay Poems Several Occasions II. 291 Dampier would thus, without ill-meaning satyr, Dress forth in simple style the Petit-maitre. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. x. 68 Dress forth his Wenches in such gaudy Apparel. View more context for this quotation 1832 Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. 22 Dec. 419/2 He rode in state through the city, dressed forth in silks and tinsel, and preceded by twelve persons habited as the twelve months of the year. 1891 Post-graduate & Wooster Q. Oct. 36 It..goes below the act dressed forth in fair outward appearances. 1913 E. B. Delano Colonel's Exper. xiv. 213 The old house of Montebello was dressed forth in such state as it had not seen in two generations. 1988 L. Senelick Age & Stage of George L. Fox i. 4 A child used simply to swell a progress or dress forth a scene. extracted from dressv. < as lemmas
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