关于“穿”的五个英语同义词语辨析

wear、dress、get on、have on和put on五个词语都可作“穿上(服)”解。但在实际使用中有所差别。

1.wear 强调穿衣的状态，即衣服已穿在身上。列如：

The girl is wearing a new coat.那女孩穿着一件新上衣。

wear 亦表明“经穿”，“耐磨”，其他几个词语无此义。列如：

These shoes will wear at least a year.这些鞋至少耐穿一年。 This sweater has worn thin at the elbows,这件毛衣的肘部已穿薄了。This fabric did not wear well.这种织物不耐磨。

2.put on 侧重表明穿衣的动作、过程。列如：

I don’t know what dress to put on.我不知道该穿什么衣服。Put on the coat. It is cold outside.穿上衣服，外面冷。

3. dress 既可表明穿衣动作，又可表明穿衣状态。列如：

Don’t come in!I’m dressing.别进来，我正在穿衣服。Every afternoon she dresses up and goes out.每天下午,她总要穿戴整齐外出。

4.从含义上说，dress有时可与put on或wear换用，但各自的用法有别。试比较:

Wait a minute-I’m just dressing the baby.(=I’m helping the baby to put on his clothes.)等一等--我正在给孩子穿衣服呢。 She always dresses in black.(=She always wears black.)她总是穿黑衣服。

5.另外，dress常含注意选择服饰，为某一正式场合而穿着适合该场合的服装之义。尤其与up连用时，表明“穿上盛装”，“精心打扮”。其他几个词语不含此义。列如：

It’s quite an informal gathering;you needn’t dress up for it.这是一次很随意的聚会;你不必精心打扮。He dressed up in his Sunday clothes.他穿上了他最好的衣服。

6.Dress、wear、put on除表明“穿衣”外，亦可表明“穿戴”其他东西，但用法不一。列如：

She never wears a hat.她从不戴帽子。The girl is wearing a bracelet.那姑娘戴着一只手镯。

She dresses her hair with flowers.她头发上戴着鲜花。 You needn't put on your gloves.你不必戴手套。

7.dress 的受事常是人，而put on和wear的受事常是衣服。下面第一句中的动词不能与后两句的动词换用。

She dresses the baby quickly in cold mornings.在寒冷的早上，她总是迅速地给孩子穿上衣服。

She wears black since her husband died.自从丈夫死后她一直穿黑衣服。He put on his

jacket.他穿上他的短外套。

8.get on与put on含义类似，但强调穿衣动作迅速，常表明为保暖而穿上浴衣、泳衣等。如:

Get your clothes on;hurry up!穿上你的衣服，快点!I’ll get my things on and we’ll go for a short walk.我要穿上衣服，然后我们去散一会儿步。

have on与wear含义接近，但侧重表明穿某种特殊的衣服。列如：He had a beautiful new suit on.他穿了一套美丽的新衣服。They took a picture of the baby when he had nothing on孩子光着身子时,他们为他拍了张照片。