Putting clothes on and taking clothes off
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When you put your clothes on, you get
dressed. When you take them off you get undressed or undress.
穿衣服用get dressed,脱衣服用get undressed $
undress。 氤
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You can also say that you put your clothes or
a piece of clothing on.
穿衣服亦可用put on。
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The opposite is take sth
off.
脱衣 用 take off。
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If you change from one set of clothes into
another, you get changed. You change out of sth and
change into sth different.
换衣服用get changed,把衣服换掉用change out of,换上衣服用change into:
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Where do we get
changed to go in the pool?
我们下游泳池前去哪里换衣服?
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Why not change into
something more com/ortabie? 5?什么不换件舒适点的衣服?
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If you then put on the first set of clothes
again, you change back into them.
换上原来穿的衣服用change back。
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To put sth on with
difficulty is to get into sth.
费地穿上用get into:
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JVe put on
weight — I car^t get into these
jeans any more.
我发胖了,再也穿不上这条牛仔裤了。
Describing clothes and the way people look
Clothes can be形容衣服可用:
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attractive and designed well: elegant 漂亮雅致:elegant
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untidy and dirty: scruffy 不整洁、邋遢•• scruffy
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clean, tidy and rather formal: smart {especially BrE)
光鲜、讲究:smart (尤用于英国英语)
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fashionable and attractive: stylish 时鬆、髙雅:stylish
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not formal: casual 随便:casual
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very fashionable: trendy {informal)
时髦:trendy (非正式)
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fitting closely to your body: tight,
close-fitting, skintight
紧身:tight、close-fitting、skintight
not fitting closely: loose, baggy 宽松:loose、baggy
clothes off
穿衣服和脱衣服
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When you put your clothes on, you get
dressed. When you take them off you get undressed or undress.
穿衣服用get dressed,脱衣服用get undressed $
undress。 氤
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You can also say that you put your clothes or
a piece of clothing on.
穿衣服亦可用put on。
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The opposite is take sth
off.
脱衣 用 take off。
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If you change from one set of clothes into
another, you get changed. You change out of sth and
change into sth different.
换衣服用get changed,把衣服换掉用change out of,换上衣服用change into:
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Where do we get
changed to go in the pool?
我们下游泳池前去哪里换衣服?
►
Why not change into
something more com/ortabie? 5?什么不换件舒适点的衣服?
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If you then put on the first set of clothes
again, you change back into them.
换上原来穿的衣服用change back。
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To put sth on with
difficulty is to get into sth.
费地穿上用get into:
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JVe put on
weight — I car^t get into these
jeans any more.
我发胖了,再也穿不上这条牛仔裤了。
Describing clothes and the way people look
描述衣服和衣着
Clothes can be形容衣服可用:
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attractive and designed well: elegant 漂亮雅致:elegant
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untidy and dirty: scruffy 不整洁、邋遢•• scruffy
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clean, tidy and rather formal: smart {especially BrE)
光鲜、讲究:smart (尤用于英国英语)
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fashionable and attractive: stylish 时鬆、髙雅:stylish
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not formal: casual 随便:casual
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very fashionable: trendy {informal)
时髦:trendy (非正式)
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fitting closely to your body: tight,
close-fitting, skintight
紧身:tight、close-fitting、skintight
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not fitting closely: loose, baggy 宽松:loose、baggy
British and American English differences
英美英语用法差异
驪 a short piece of clothing with buttons down the
front but no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket British
English waistcoat
American English vest
西服背心英国英语是waistcoat,美国英 语是vest
驪 a piece of underwear worn under a shirt, etc. next to the skin British English vest
American English undershirt
g身内衣背心英国英语是vest,美国英 语是 undershirt
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a piece of
clothing that covers the body from the waist down and is divided into two parts
to cover each leg separately
British English trousers
American English pants
裤子英国英语是trousers,美国英语是 pants
m a piece of men's underwear worn under their trousers/pants
British English pants (or underpants)
American English underpants
(男用)内裤英国英f是pants (或 underpants),美国英语是 underpants
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a loose dress
with no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt or blouse
British English pinafore
American English jumper
无袖连衣裙英国英语是pinafore,美国 英语是jumper
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a knitted woollen or cotton piece of clothing for the upper part of
the body with long sleeves and no buttons
British English > jumper
American English sweater
针织套衫英国英语是jumper,美国英语 是 sweater
• straps for holding
trousers/pants up British English braces
American English suspenders
吊裤带英国英语是braces,美国英语是 suspenders
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short elastic
fastenings for holding up socks or stockings
British English suspenders
American English garters