词汇精选：wear的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
（特定时候或场合穿的）服装
例句：
We should purchase a formal wear for your interview toMorrow.
为了明天的面试我们应该去买件正式场合穿的衣服。
例句：
Just casual wear would do.
便装就可以了。
耐用性；使用率；使用形式
例句：
You'll get more wear out of a dress if you choose one that's darker in colour.
如果你选择一件颜色更深的裙子你就能穿久一点。
例句：
That pair of shoes got so much less wear.
那双鞋被穿的次数少多了。
磨损；损坏
例句：
The handle showed signs of wear.
这门把显示了磨损的痕迹。
例句：
The signs of wear shown on the chair suggest that it had been used for quite a long time.
这把椅子上磨损的痕迹显示它已经被投入使用很长时间了。
流行的时装；入时的打扮
例句：
The hat is now in general wear.
那种帽子现在很流行。
例句：
It is the only wear.
这就是现在最流行的东西。
v.
穿；戴；佩戴 [T]
例句：
She is wearing the dress he bought her.
她穿着他给她买的裙子。
例句：
She wears a pair of glasses.
她戴着一副眼镜。
留着，蓄着（发、须等） [T]
例句：
She wears long hair.
她留着长发。
例句：
He wore a moustache.
他留着络腮胡子。
呈现，流露出（…表情） [T]
例句：
He wore an inexplicable expression.
他脸上流露出让人难解的表情。
例句：
She wore a look of satisfaction.
她满是满足的表情。
穿着流行的时装；打扮 [T]
例句：
It is a style that is much worn.
这是非常流行的式样。
例句：
The more extreme punks wear ugliness as their badge.
一些更走极端的庞克则以丑陋的穿着打扮来标明自己的身份。
（船）升（旗）；挂（旗） [T]
例句：
The ship is wearing its colours.
那条船挂着船旗。
磨成，擦成；因不断使用而造成 [T]
例句：
He wears a coat to rags.
他把外套穿得破烂不堪。
消耗；削弱，减少；耗损，磨损（常与 away 连用） [T]
例句：
The footsteps of thousands of visitors had worn away the steps of Mountain Tai.
数以千计的游客的脚步磨损了泰山上的台阶。
例句：
He wears a hole in the sole of his shoe.
他的鞋底磨出了洞。
使疲乏，使筋疲力尽；折磨；刺激；使烦躁 [I,T]
例句：
Teacher was worn down with fatigue.
老师因劳累而疲乏不堪。
例句：
Those board meetings really wear me out.
那些董事会议，真使我累惨了。
消磨（时间）（常与away或out连用）[T]
例句：
Don't wear away your life in trifles
别把生命消磨在琐事中。
例句：
I will not, like a sluggard, wear out my youth in idleness at home.
我不愿意象个懒人一样待在家里，游手好闲地把我的青春消磨掉。
磨损；用旧 [I]
例句：
Her shoes began to wear.
她的鞋子开始穿旧了。
例句：
Her soles had worn thin.
她的鞋底被磨薄了。
耐用；耐久 [I]
例句：
Heels need to wear well.
高跟鞋需要耐穿。
例句：
Twelve years on, the idea was wearing well.
12年过去了这个主意依然没有过时。
二、词义辨析：
wear,dress,put on
这些动词或词组均含“穿衣，穿”之意。wear最常用词，指穿衣、鞋袜或戴手套等，侧重穿戴的状态。dress普通用词，指给自己或他人穿衣。既表动作又可表状态。put on普通用语，指把衣服、鞋袜、帽子、手套等戴上去，侧重穿戴的动作。
三、相关短语：
wear and tear
v.磨损,折磨
wear away
v.磨损,消逝,衰退,磨减,消磨,虚度
wear down
v.1.磨损；使疲劳；使厌烦；损耗
wear off
v.逐渐减弱,消失,磨损,耗损
wear on
持续下去;缓慢地消逝
wear out
v.1.用坏，穿破 2.（使）筋疲力尽，耗尽
wear the trousers
v.掌权当家
wear thin
磨薄，磨细；减少，打折扣，逐渐消失，变得兴味索然
四、参考例句：
Men wear socks but women wear stockings.
男人穿短袜，妇女穿长袜。
Please wear the galosh.
请穿上鞋套。
Traditionally males wear Pajamas.
传统来说，男性穿宽长裤。
I wear glasses.
我戴眼镜。
Cowboys wear chaps.
牛仔穿皮套裤。
People wear colorful clothes.
人们穿着色彩鲜艳的衣服。
I sometimes wear contact lenses.
我有时候戴隐形眼镜。
Soldiers wear a distinctive uniform.
士兵们穿着特制的制服。
Many people wear glasses here.
这里不少人是戴眼镜的。
Don't wear a hat.
不要戴帽子。
