| 单词 | clothe |
| 释义 | clothe transitive verb 1. a. b. < trying to feed and clothe a family > c. obsolete < they clothed the royal bed with purple > d. < horses heavily clothed with armor > < natives clothed in ritual beads > < gold and diamonds to clothe their harlots > e. < to attend the clothing of two lay sisters > f. < clothe a ship > < clothe a mast > g. h. i. < a simple coffin to clothe the body of their friend — D.V.Steere > < clothed in its complicated shell > 2. a. < dense coniferous forests clothe the high bordering ridges — C.D.Forde > < foothills clothed in magnificent jungle > b. < their bodies and wings densely clothed with hair > < scales clothe its whole body > < apple trees clothed in blossoms > 3. < treaties clothed in stately phraseology > < the sweep of its ideas and the something akin to perfection of form in which they are clothed — H.J.Laski > 4. a. < the roof and sides of the cavern begin to clothe themselves with that quivering violet sheen — Norman Douglas > < to clothe the dry bones of the law > b. < by no whit lessened his agitation, which he sought to clothe with a semblance of debonair indifference — Osbert Sitwell > < clothe themselves in Bismarck's conception of a nation standing between East and West — M.W.Straight > c. < clothing its message in allegory > < meticulously clothing the period with authenticity > : to present or represent through an illustrative or interpretive medium < her innate tact, clothed in tender warmth and naturalness — Marcia Davenport > 5. < an act clothing Indians with United States citizenship > < clothe a commission with power to fix utility rates > intransitive verb archaic |
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