dress up

英 [dres ʌp]

美 [dres ʌp]

装扮; 打扮; 给…打扮; 给…装扮; 修饰; 美化; 粉饰

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮
If youdress upordressyourselfup, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.
1. You do not need to dress up for dinner...
  你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
2. I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing...
  我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
3. Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.
  小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。
PHRASAL VERB 给…打扮;给…装扮
If youdresssomeoneup, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them.
1. Mother loved to dress me up.
  妈妈喜欢打扮我。
PHRASAL VERB 修饰;美化;粉饰
If youdresssomethingup, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is.
1. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good...
  政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
2. However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.
  无论你如何粉饰,银行就是为了放贷而生的。
See also:dressed up dressing-up

verb

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
1. She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
2. The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Synonym:overdressfig outfig updeck upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog out
dress in a certain manner
1. She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
2. he dressed up in a suit and tie
Synonym:dress
dress in a costume
1. We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
Synonym:costume
make something appear superficially attractive
1. The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
2. Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
Synonym:window-dress
put a caparison on
1. caparison the horses for the festive occasion
Synonym:caparisonbardbarde

Playing dress up with your daughter. Its fun to be a princess for an hour.
和女儿玩装扮游戏，当一个小时的公主也很有趣。
So you wanna dress up in a monkey suit and tie every day?
所以，你喜欢每天穿得漂漂亮亮的猴子西服和领带。
Sometimes passengers get into the spirit and dress up as well.
有时乘客进入精神和装扮。
He changed my mindset and taught me to dress up and behave like a lady.
他改变了我的心态，并且教我怎么穿着以及怎么表现得像个淑女。
You can even ask your guests to dress up as movie stars, if you like!
你甚至可以问您的客人可以打扮作为电影明星，如果你喜欢！
With that face, and he still tries to dress up!
瞧他那副尊容，还打扮呢！
Yes, a lot. I like to dress up as the Superman or ET.
是的，很多。我喜欢装扮成超人或外星人。
Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds.
有些人喜欢穿貂皮大衣，戴钻石首饰。
Both children and adults dress up on Halloween.
小孩和大人在万圣节时都乔装打扮。
You do not need to dress up for dinner
你们不必特意盛装赴宴。