undress
gb/ʌndɹˈɛs/ us/ʌndɹˈɛs/
B1
Engelsk
levetkőzik, levetkőztet, eltávolítja a kötést
UDSAGNSORD
B1
1
levetkőzik
A2
levetkőztet
B1
Brugsmønster:
[someone] undresses; undress [yourself]; undress [someone]
He undressed and got into bed.
Levetkőzött, és bebújt az ágyba.
The nurse helped the patient undress behind the curtain.
A nővér segített a betegnek levetkőzni a függöny mögött.
Please undress from the waist up for the examination.
Læringseksempler
I undress before I take a shower.
Zuhanyzás előtt levetkőzöm.
The mother undressed her baby.
Az anya levetkőztette a kisbabáját.
Typisk fejl:
Learners sometimes use *undress* as an adjective; the adjective is usually *undressed* (e.g., “He was undressed”).
Betydning
take off clothes
Ordforbindelser
undress quickly
|undress slowly
|undress for bed
|undress in the dark
|undress behind a screen
|undress a child
|help someone undress
|ask someone to undress
|begin to undress
|refuse to undress
Synonymer
take off (More common in everyday speech; often used with specific items of clothing.)
|
strip (Stronger and more direct; can suggest becoming naked or doing it quickly.)
Antonymer
dress (Put clothes on (yourself or someone else).)
|
get dressed (Common phrase meaning to put your clothes on.)
Temaer
daily_life
|clothing
|body
|relationships
Definition
To take your clothes off (or take another person’s clothes off).
To take off your clothes, or to take off someone else’s clothes.
UDSAGNSORD
B2
TECHNICAL
2
Brugsmønster:
undress [a wound]
The doctor undressed the wound to examine it.
Az orvos eltávolította a kötést a sebről, hogy megvizsgálja.
Undress the wound gently and dispose of the old dressing.
Óvatosan távolítsa el a kötést a sebről, és dobja ki a régi kötszert.
The wound was undressed and re-covered with a clean bandage.
Læringseksempler
The nurse undressed the wound carefully.
A nővér óvatosan eltávolította a kötést a sebről.
Typisk fejl:
This medical use is less common than the clothing meaning; in everyday English people usually say “remove the bandage/dressing.”
Betydning
remove a wound dressing
Ordforbindelser
undress a wound
|undress the wound carefully
|undress and clean the wound
|undress the wound daily
|undress the wound under sterile conditions
|undress the wound and check for infection
Synonymer
unbandage (Direct but less common; focuses specifically on removing bandages.)
|
remove the dressing (More typical phrasing in modern general English.)
Antonymer
dress (Put a dressing on a wound.)
|
bandage (Cover a wound with a bandage.)
Temaer
health
|medicine
Definition
To take the bandage off a wound.
To remove a bandage or dressing from a wound.
Grammatik
Opslagsform
undress
IPA
GB/ʌndɹˈɛs/
US/ʌndɹˈɛs/
Stavelser og tryk
un - dress (2 stavelser)
Stress on 2nd syllable (dress)
Ordformer
Verb
- Base: undress
- 3rd Person Singular: undresses
- Present Participle: undressing
- Past: undressed
Udtryk
undress someone with your eyes
1/ʌndɹˈɛs sˈʌmwˌʌn wˈɪθ jˈʊɹ ˈaɪz/
idiom
informal
look at someone sexually
To look at someone in a very sexual way.
Eksempler
- She felt uncomfortable because a man at the bar was undressing her with his eyes.
- Don’t undress people with your eyes—it’s rude.
- He caught her looking at him like she was undressing him with her eyes.
Læringseksempler
- He was undressing her with his eyes.
undress uniform
1/ʌndɹˈɛs jˈunəfˌɔɹm/
fixed phrase
technical
less formal military uniform
A military uniform that is not the most formal one.
Eksempler
- The officers wore undress uniform during the daytime schedule.
- For the ceremony, full dress was required instead of undress uniform.