n. 服装, 覆盖物

vi. 穿着

vt. 给...穿衣, 整理

[电] 安放

Dress \Dress\ (dr[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dressed}
(dr[e^]st) or {Drest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dressing}.] [OF.
drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F.
dresser, (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum,
to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See {Right}, and cf.
{Address}, {Adroit}, {Direct}, {Dirge}.]
1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to
order. [Obs.]

At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to
dress thy ways. --Chaucer.

Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of
``to direct one's step; to address one's self.''

To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer.

2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as
soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at
proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.

3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or
curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a
wounded or diseased part.

4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically:
(a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render
suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to
dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather
or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden;
to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress
grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to
dress ores, by sorting and separating them.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into
the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15.

When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn
incense. --Ex. xxx. 7.

Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed.
--Dryden.

Dressing their hair with the white sea flower.
--Tennyson
.

If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have
dressed his censures in a kinder form.
--Carlyle.
(b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to,
as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
(c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body;
to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with
garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.

Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak.

Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy
return. --Shak.
(d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other
animal.

{To dress up} or {To dress out}, to dress elaborately,
artificially, or pompously. ``You see very often a king of
England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar.''
--Addison.

{To dress a ship} (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the
national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the
jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and
pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig;
trim; deck; adorn; embellish.


Dress \Dress\, v. i.
1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of
soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in
ranks; as, Dress right, dress!

2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments;
to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
``To dress for a ball.'' --Latham.

To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson
.

{To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on
the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the
soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the
rank, who serves as a guide.


Dress \Dress\, n.
1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the
body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel. ``In your
soldier's dress.'' --Shak.

2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.

3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.

Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. -- Pope.

4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a
millstone. --Knight.

{Dress parade} (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.