clothe

动词 v.
/ˈkləʊð/    /ˈkloʊð/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. transitive
    — to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
  2. To cover or invest, as if with a garment. figuratively
    — to clothe somebody with authority or power

词形变化

clothes present,singular,third-person clothing participle,present clothed participle,past clothed past clad archaic,participle,past clad archaic,past cloathe alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English clothen, from Old English *clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.
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