喜樂美語

核心畫面

One way to hold it: dress once meant to get something ready and put it in order, and a dressing can be thought of as the layer you add while you do that. Oil and vinegar go over the leaves so the salad is ready to eat. A clean pad goes over a cut so the skin is ready to heal. A soft bread mixture goes into the bird, and compost goes over the soil. Every time, something plain gets a layer put on it, and only then is it finished.

可以想成：dress 早期的意思是「把東西打理好、弄整齊」，而 dressing 就是為了打理它而加上去的那一層。醬…更多收起可以想成：dress 早期的意思是「把東西打理好、弄整齊」，而 dressing 就是為了打理它而加上去的那一層。醬汁淋在菜葉上，沙拉才成一道菜。乾淨的紗布蓋在傷口上，皮膚才好好癒合。麵包填料塞進雞肚裡，堆肥鋪在土面上，也都是同一件事。每一次都是本來單調的東西被加上一層，然後才算完成。

From the word’s history

The source analyses the noun as dress + -ing (Middle English dressing), so every meaning here is the -ing noun of that one verb; the link between the meanings below is a teaching picture, not a claim about which sense came first.

來源資料把這個名詞拆成 dress 加 -ing，所以下面每個意思都是同一個動詞長出來的名詞。至於它們之間的連結，是為了好記而畫的一條線，不是在說哪個意思先出現。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract), dressing, Etymology 1: 'From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.'

Three branches

加在食物上的那一層

廚房裡的 dress 是把食材處理好，dressing 就是為此加上去的東西——淋在外面，或塞在裡面。

noun · B1

A cold sauce that you pour or mix over salad or raw vegetables, usually made from oil and something sour such as vinegar or lemon juice, with salt and other flavours added.

（沙拉的）醬汁

蓋在傷口上的那一層

dress a wound 是把傷口處理乾淨再包起來，蓋上去的那層就是 dressing。畫面跟沙拉那一支一樣，目的換成保護。

noun · B1

A piece of clean material, such as a pad or a bandage, that is put over a cut, a burn or an operation wound to keep it clean and help it heal.

敷料；蓋在傷口上的紗布

鋪在土面上的那一層

把同一個動作放到田裡：替一塊地打理一下，鋪上去的那層就是 dressing。

noun · C1

Material spread over soil or grass to feed the plants growing in it, such as compost, fertilizer or animal manure.

（鋪在土面上的）肥料；追肥

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dressingnoun詞源 1/ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/

  • 1

    medicinesciencesMaterial applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

    • She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
  • 2

    cookingfoodlifestyleA sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

    • I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.
  • 3

    Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

  • 4

    The activity of getting dressed.

    • Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.
  • 5

    obsoleteDress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

    • Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings
  • 6

    The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.

  • 7

    Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

  • 8

    An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    datedCastigation; scolding; a dressing down.

    • "I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."
  • 10

    datedThe process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.

  • 11

    Manure that's applied to one's garden.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。