dress in

涂于德

I want to ________ in a white shirt and blue trousers for the party.
A. put on        B. wear      C. clothes     D. dress

Is \"D\" a right answer? We know \"be dressed in\" not \"dress in\". Why is it?

acxing

both "be dressed in" and "dress in" are okay.

lucy12345678

I think D is a right answer.

Random House Webster's English Learner's Dictionary

词义6 v.i. [no obj.] to put on or wear clothes of a certain kind.
例句：They dressed in their best clothes.

Longman Dictionary of contemporaryEnglish
动词词义1 put on clothes [I,T] to put clothes on yourself or someone else.
例句： Aunt Margaret told her to dress herself in her best dress.

涂于德

Thanks, lucy12345678, acxing
The answer is "D". "dress in" is not often used, though. Right?

lucy12345678

I think it's frequently used in English, because it's the first meaning of "dress" in Longman dictionary

要知道朗文词典的词义排列是以使用频率安排先后的。既然出现在第一个词义中，那么应该是经常使用的。