Dress up!とは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

dress up (三人称単数 現在形 dresses up, 現在分詞 dressing up, 過去形および過去分詞形 dressed up)

1. (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.

   Synonym: (米国用法) gussy up

   Antonym: dress down

   Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.

   I want a job where I don't have to dress up.

2. (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.

   We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

3. (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.

   The cat hated when they dressed him up for Halloween.

4. (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:

     Mistress, your father prays you leave your books,
     And help to dress your sister’s chamber up:
     You know to-morrow is the wedding-day.

5. (transitive) To present in a favorable light.

   Synonym: spin

   You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.

語源

From the verb phrase dress up.