bedizen
英 [bɪ'daɪz(ə)n; -'dɪz-]
美
GRE
1. dis- "bunch of flax" + staff "stick, staff" => distaff "stick that holds flax for spinning".
2. distaff => shortened form: *dize, *dise, diz- + -en => dizen "to dress".
3. be + dizen => bedizen.
4. 【记】bed 床 + zen 音：枕，床上的枕头，床枕头都是绣花的，装饰华丽
- bedizen
- bedizen: see distaff
- bedizen (v.)
- 1660s, from be- + dizen "to dress" (1610s), especially, from late 18c., "to dress finely, adorn," originally "to dress (a distaff) for spinning" (1520s), and evidently the verbal form of the first element in distaff.
It is remarkable that neither the vb., nor the sb. as a separate word, has been found in OE. or ME., and that on the other hand no vb. corresponding to dizen is known in L.G. or Du. [OED]
- 1. Why your mother bedizen you in this strange fashion?
- 你母亲为什么把你打扮成这副怪模样啊？
来自辞典例句
- 2. Dizen : To deck out in fine clothes and ornaments; bedizen.
- 穿着俗丽: 以华丽的衣服和饰品来装饰; 穿着俗丽.
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- 3. To in fine clothes and ornaments; bedizen.
- 以华丽的衣服和饰品来装饰; 穿着俗丽.
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- 4. Prithee, young one , who art thou ailed thy mother to bedizen thee in this strange fashion?
- 请问你, 小家伙,你是谁呀?你母亲为什么把你打扮成这副怪模样啊?
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