Dress can mean garb in the general sense. But it can also mean a specific type of women's clothing. I used to think that dresses and skirts were all the same, but my wife has finally straightened me out. A dress is a single piece of clothing that covers the upper and lower parts of the body: whereas a skirt only covers from the waist down:

When dress means "typical clothing" in the first example, it might include a woman's business suit with a short skirt, say, or a casual skirt and blouse ensemble, that is, a number of different kinds of outfits all of which could fall under the rubric "the dress of the period considered 'fashionable' or 'with the times' ".

2019年10月26日 · The proper term is: skirt of her gown. [gown's skirt, would be acceptable, gown skirt is not really as this is not like a car door, where the first word becomes closely associated with the second] All the verbs can be used two ways for the same meaning. That means you can say: hitch up the skirt or hitch the skirt up.

2015年4月16日 · In mediaeval usage the word signified a sleeved garment with an ankle- or floor-length skirt, worn for non-strenuous activity; descendants of that sort of robe are usually rich, ornamented mantles worn over court dress on ceremonial occasions.

2018年12月30日 · In idiomatic English, to "look up" a female person's skirt is to deliberately direct the gaze so that areas of the wearer's anatomy, underwear, etc, that are normally hidden by the skirt, can be seen. To do this is a serious breach of good manners and privacy, and may be deemed indecent behaviour or sexual harassment.

Exceptions would include common phrases that use the passive tone, "dress(ed) for the occasion", or "dress(ed) for success" or "Dress(ed) up/down". As for "change/get changed", they seem to be completely interchangeable, except that "get changed" seems to be slightly more intransitive , meaning that it can stand alone, and usually sounds more ...

2018年3月29日 · dress up to wear clothes that are more formal than those you usually wear. There's no need to dress up—come as you are. dress up | dress somebody up to put on special clothes, especially to pretend to be somebody/something different. dress something up to present something in a way that makes it seem better or different

2018年3月14日 · Put on = place the article of clothing on one's body. wear = have the article of clothing on one's body. He put on a hat.

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2021年8月31日 · In the first case "put on" would be better since this is the action. And with the present perfect you are looking at the result of the action.