put on,dress,wear,in這四個(gè)詞語都有“穿、戴”的意思,但它們不是同義詞,甚至也不是近義詞.前三個(gè)詞為動(dòng)詞,可以用作謂語,最后一個(gè)為介詞,此介詞短語只能作表語、定語或狀語.
　　一 put on 表示“穿上,戴上”,為動(dòng)態(tài),賓語是衣帽等
　　Manager:Would you put it on,please?
　　Customer:All right.
　　二 dress也表示“穿上衣服”,為動(dòng)態(tài),但賓語通常是人,或反身代詞,常用于被動(dòng)語態(tài)
　　Jim isn't old enough to dress himself.
　　吉姆太小,還不能給自己穿衣服.
　　Mary is dressing her doll.
　　瑪麗正在給布娃娃穿衣服.
　　The lady was dressed in a blue coat and large funny hat.
　　那個(gè)婦人身上穿著一件藍(lán)色外套,戴著一頂又大又好笑的帽子.
　　三 wear表示“穿著、戴著”,為靜態(tài),賓語為衣帽等
　　Last year in another play,she had to wear short socks and a bright,orange-coloured dress.
　　去年在另一出戲里,她必須穿短襪子,還穿一件色彩鮮艷的桔黃色衣裙.
　　Miss Roberts:I don't remember,sir.The man whom I served was wearing a hat.
　　羅伯茨小姐：我不記得了,先生.我接待的那個(gè)人當(dāng)時(shí)戴著禮帽.
　　四 in 也表示“穿著”,為靜態(tài)
　　In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings.
　　在那出戲里,她必須穿著一件鮮紅色的衣裙和深筒襪子出場(chǎng).
　　Mrs rumbold was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.
　　蘭姆伯爾德夫人是一位身材高大而且不愛笑的女人,穿著緊身黑色衣裙.
　　Look at the man!He is in rags!
　　看看那個(gè)人!他穿著一身破衣服.
　　When Harry put on his act of being mildy annoyed…
　　當(dāng)哈里裝出略為有些懊惱的樣子時(shí)… (put on his act of =pretended to be [英語慣用語])