dressingとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

名詞

dressing (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 dressings)

1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.

2. (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
   • 2021 July 21, Gabrielle Hamilton, “A Salad So Good You Can Eat It for Breakfast”, in The New York Times‎^[2], ISSN 0362-4331:

     I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.

3. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4. The activity of getting dressed.
   • 2004, Kathryn Banks, Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)

     Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.

5. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
   • 1609 December (first performance)​, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, かつ the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings

6. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.

   Synonym: forcemeat

7. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9. (dated) Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 71:

     "I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."

10. (dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.

派生語

• dressing gown
• dressing stick
• ranch dressing
• salad dressing

派生した語

• → German: Dressing

語源 2

From Middle English dressynge, dressande, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

動詞

dressing

1. present participle of dress