clothe
verb/kləʊð/
/kləʊð/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clothe | /kləʊð/ /kləʊð/ |
| he / she / it clothes | /kləʊðz/ /kləʊðz/ |
| past simple clothed | /kləʊðd/ /kləʊðd/ |
| past participle clothed | /kləʊðd/ /kləʊðd/ |
| -ing form clothing | /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ |
- clothe somebody/yourself/something (in something) (formal) to dress somebody/yourself
给…穿衣 - They clothe their children in the latest fashions.
他们给他们的孩子穿最时髦的服装。 - (figurative) Climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.
攀缘植物给院墙披上了外衣。
- They clothe their children in the latest fashions.
- clothe somebody to provide clothes for somebody to wear
为（某人）提供衣服 - the costs of feeding and clothing a family
一家人的衣食费用
- the costs of feeding and clothing a family
Word OriginOld English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin.