dressed On /drest/ adj. [not before noun]
1
wearing clothes and not naked or wearing
clothes for
sleeping If A
±
A IK <, 0 fully dressed |||^0 I can’t go to the
door—I’m not dressed yet. A JfH
#?AIK?Io 2 - (in ... )
wearing clothes of a particular type WH ••■IK47 smartly dressed A Hi# A 0 The
bride was dressed in white. §f £1 # IF S & 4L IK 0 0 He
was casually dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. % % If gt ®
T 'tt^o Ml dressed to
'kill (informal) wearing the kind of
clothes that will make people notice and admire you ft Jfr % 31A ft @ ; W H # 8>] & IK dressed (up) to the 'nines (informal) wearing very elegant
or formal clothes Atft7M; IF If i# 3l — more at MUTTON
dress-er/'dresa(r)/ noun 1 (also .Welsh 'dresser) (BrE) a
large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards
below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc. # M: 111 ; ®
2 (NAmE)
= chest of drawers 3 (used with an adjective ±5 M WisJjiiJl) a person who dresses in the way
mentioned - AH--#: a snappy dresser A
4
(in a theatre 0J1^) a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes
for a play and help him/her to get dressed IK^M; IK^W
dress ing /’dresir)/ noun 1 (also 'salad dressing) [C, U] a thin sauce used to add flavour to
salads, usually made from oil, vinegar,
salt, pepper, etc. ( # $!]
(ft ) 44 — see also French dressing 2 [u] (NAmE)
= stuffing(I) 3 [C] a piece of soft
material placed over a wound in order to protect it ( 1# P ($ ) Ifc 44
4
[U] the act of putting on clothes % A; iFli: Many of our patients
need help with dressing. f£f]
^WAf i$lc0 — see also cross-dressing, power
DRESSING, WINDOW DRESSING .dressing-'down noun [sing.] (old-fashioned, informal) an occasion when sb
speaks angrily to a person because they have done sth wrong jjll/r;
'dressing gown (BrE) (NAmE bath-robe, robe) noun a long loose piece of
clothing, usually with a belt, worn indoors over night clothes, for example
when you first get out of bed H A,
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'dressing room noun 1 a room for changing
your clothes in, especially one for actors or, in British English, for sports
players ( ) VcMla]; (
in, SSMW ) I^cf
2 a small room next to a bedroom in some large houses, in which clothes are kept
and people get dressed 3 (NAmE) = fitting
room
dressing table (NAmE also van ity, vanity table)
noun a
piece of bedroom furniture like a table with drawers and a mirror on top W\k a dress-maker /’dresmeik0(r)/ noun a person who makes
women’s clothes, especially as a job ( ic ^ )
.dress re'hearsal noun the final practice of
a play in the theatre, using the clothes and lights that will be used for the
real performance j# : (figurative) The earlier protests had. just been dress rehearsals for full- scale revolution. MlHo
'dress shirt noun 1 a white shirt worn on
formal occasions with a bow tie
and suit ( £ fe, ft) ) MIKM^, 4L IK
44 42 2 (NAmE) a smart shirt with
long sleeves, which can be worn with a tie ( nj 41477
'dress uniform noun [U] a uniform that army, navy, etc.
officers wear for formal occasions and ceremonies
^4LIK
dressy /'dresi/
adj. (dress-ier,
dressi-est) 1 (of
clothes A IK)
elegant
and formal % % $ §£ ft ; #% M ; IE M
2
(of people A) liking to wear elegant or
fashionable
clothes .
drew pt of draw
drey /drei/ noun the home of a squirrel j&SUSf dribble /'dribl/ verb, noun
■ verb 1 [V, VN] to let saliva or another liquid come out
of your mouth and run
down your chin M ( p Tie ) ; H ( M ) cm drool 2 [V -t-adv./prep.] to fall in small
drops or in a thin stream —*M T ; #Il : Melted wax dribbled down the side of the
candle.
'j§4t 7 #J If — Iff fk Jg M tiL ± St T o 3 [VN +adv./prep.] - sth (into/over/onto sth) to pour sth slowly, in
drops or a thin stream £t}; #ft cm drizzle, trickle:
Dribble a little olive oil over the salad.
Mifoo 4 (in football (soccer) and some other sports ^ life ^
IS W is *h) to move the ball
along with several short kicks, hits or bounces
is ( Jjc ) ; 7 ( It ) ; # ( ) : [VN] She dribbled the ball the
length
of the field. M 7 3$ M. fS «
% M MM „ 0 M He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
mnoun 1 [C] a very small
amount of liquid, in a thin stream /Jv^j; a dribble of blood —o Add just
a dribble of oil R jJO — &
& tft 0 2 [U] (especially
BrE)
saliva (= liquid) from a
person’s mouth P 7jc: There was dribble all down the baby’s
front. j£^JLI^it7$i$t7 P io 3 [C] the act of dribbling the ball
in a sport is
dribs /dribz/ noun
[pi.] fT»TOI in .dribs and
'drabs
(informal) in small amounts
or numbers over a period of time AM; — iit; f f II: She paid me in dribs
and drabs, not all at once. M—MA
dried pt, pp of dry
.dried 'fruit noun [u, C] fruit (for
example, currants or raisins) that has been dried to be used
in cooking or eaten on its own 7^, )
drier = dryer — see also dry adj.
dri-est o dry
adj.
drift /drift/ noun, verb
m noun
3
SLOW MOVEMENT M 7 if) 1 [sing., U] a slow
steady
movement from one place to
another; a gradual change or development from one situation to another,
especially to sth bad ^$7 MW\ < AtafaA
) : a population drift
away from rural areas A R
4
OF SHIP 2 [U] the movement of
a ship or plane away from its direction because of currents or wind
()
teM, mm
5
OF SEA/AIR M tK ; IkH 3 [U, C] the movement
of the sea
or air 7jcikif 033 current: the general direction of drift on the east
coast % %
7 '/$ /K ^ [o]
0 He knew the hidden
drifts in that part of the river, jife
6
OF SNOW 4 [C] a large pile
of sth, especially snow,
made by the wind ffi#-: The road was blocked
by deep drifts of snow. J¥ IRItlMo
— see also snowdrift
7
OF FLOWERS f£ 5 [C]
a large mass of sth, especially
flowers Plant daffodils in
informal drifts. Itfg#TLM^7jcji]j0
8
MEANING MX 6 [sing.] the general meaning of what
sb
says or writes A M; it; cm gist ; Do you
catch my drift? jfo $} £§ ft 1$ ^ ?
0 My German isn’t
very good, but I got the
drift of what she said. tyttfjWdri AA£F, tllfcM—see also continental DRIFT
■
verb
9
MOVE SLOWLY g M fa 1 [V, usually +adv./prep.] to move along
smoothly and slowly in water or air
PI:
Clouds drifted across the sky.
o The empty boat drifted
out to sea. ?e!$S|£]$£
Hi, 2 [V + adv./prep.] to move or go somewhere slowly illigfl ;
ft tf 7 : The crowd drifted away from the scene of the accident.
AU'M'M Ao
o Her gaze drifted around
the room. i Ailil
10
WITHOUT PURPOSE MAS W 3 [V, usually +adv./prep.]
to
happen or change, or to do
sth without a particular plan or purpose A M |b] A 7; Hi & g M
I didn’t intend to be a teacher—I just drifted into