| 单词 | to dress out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dress out to dress out transitive. To attire (a person or oneself) elaborately or ostentatiously; (also) to give (a thing) an outwardly attractive appearance, to deck out. Frequently in passive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately disguisec1325 quaintisea1333 guisea1400 to dress up?a1513 deck?1521 garnisha1535 trim1594 gallant1614 sprug1622 dizena1625 to dress out1649 bedizen1661 rig1723 trim1756 bedress1821 gaudy1838 buck up1854 garb1868 clobber1887 mum1890 to do up1897 dude1899 toff1914 lair1941 1649 R. Overton Baiting Great Bull of Bashan sig. A2v Things as unserious as my last sheet, drest out in the youthfull attire of mirth, hath found a very large acceptance not only with you, but even with this generation of men. 1730 Plain-Dealer's Intelligencer 239 Look upon the Fields, the Meadows, the Gardens..see how they are dressed out, and adorned with an infinite Variety of Plants and Flowers. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 38 Down came my wife and daughters, drest out in all their former splendour. 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 119 The Corpse exposed on an Open Bier.., and dressed out in a Gala Suit of Cloaths. 1832 W. Cobbett Hist. Protestant Reformation 32 Our famous ‘great female reformer’ not only did not wear mourning, but dressed herself out in the gayest and gaudiest attire. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma ix. 302 Dressing the popular doctrine out with fine speculations. 1899 Liverpool Mercury 29 May 9/3 Do you remember those old school prize-books..dressed out in tawdry gilt calf. 1928 Class & Industr. Marketing July 48/3 Nature uses another burst of warm colors..when she dresses out her trees in scarlets, yellows, oranges and browns. 2016 Bristol Post (Nexis) 12 Oct. 12 People dressed out in gaudy costumes with make up can sometimes be really scary. < as lemmas |
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