undressing

/ʌnˈdres/ (bre, ipa) · /ʌnˈdres/ (ame, ipa) · /ən-ˈdres How to pronounce undress (audio)/ (ame, mw)

undressing — 動詞

  • undressingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • undressings3rd person singular
  • undressinging-ing form
  • undressingedpast simple

1. to take off the clothes you are wearing, or to help someone else remove their cl

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

脫衣

脫去衣物

to take off the clothes you are wearing, or to help someone else remove their clothes — for example, undressing yourself after a long day, or undressing a child before a bath.

例句

Bao undressed quickly after returning from the rain and put on dry clothes.

鮑伯淋雨回家後迅速脫衣,換上乾衣服。

undressed + quickly (adverb collocation)

Lin gently undressed the toddler and guided her into the bathtub.

林輕輕地替學步幼兒脫衣,引導她進入浴缸。

transitive use: undress + [person]

同義詞
  • strip

    stronger and more urgent — often suggests doing it quickly or being forced

  • disrobe

    formal or literary, common in medical and theatrical settings

  • take off one's clothes

    more general and neutral; can replace 'undress' in any register

反義詞
  • dress

    to put clothes on oneself or someone else

  • get dressed

    to put on clothes, the opposite action

文法句型

undress + object (transitive — someone else)

undress (no object, intransitive — oneself)

用法筆記

Frequently used with reflexive meaning ('undressed himself') or as an intransitive verb ('she undressed'). The transitive form ('undress the baby') is common in caregiving or medical contexts.

常見錯誤

I undressed my clothes before the shower.
I undressed before the shower.
💡You undress yourself, not your clothes; the object of undressing is a person, not clothing.
She undressed off her coat.
She undressed.' or 'She took off her coat.
💡'Undress' means remove all or most clothes, not a single garment.

undressing — 名詞