put on
phrasal verbput somebody on
- to give somebody the phone so that they can talk to the person at the other end
让某人听电话 - Hi, Dad—can you put Nicky on?
你好,爸爸。你让尼基接电话好吗?
- Hi, Dad—can you put Nicky on?
- (usually used in the progressive tenses
) (North American English, informal) to try to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually as a joke通常用于进行时 synonym have somebody on哄骗,欺骗(通常作为玩笑) - Oh, come on, you know I was only putting you on.
哦,得了吧,你知道我只是在骗你。
- Oh, come on, you know I was only putting you on.
put something on
穿上;戴上 - Hurry up! Put your coat on!
快点!把外衣穿上!
- Hurry up! Put your coat on!
- to apply something to your skin, face, etc.
抹;搽;擦;涂 - She's just putting on her make-up.
她正在化妆呢。
- She's just putting on her make-up.
- to switch on a piece of equipment
开动;发动;使运行 - I'll put the kettle on for tea.
我来烧壶水好沏茶。 - She put on the brakes suddenly.
她突然踩了刹车。
- I'll put the kettle on for tea.
- to start to play recorded music or a video
播放(磁带、CD、DVD 等) - Do you mind if I put some music on?
我放点音乐你不介意吧? - The DJ put on a techno dance number.
DJ放了一个电子舞曲。
- Do you mind if I put some music on?
- to start cooking food, especially on top of a cooker
专门提供 - I just need to put the potatoes on.
我只需要把土豆放上去。
- I just need to put the potatoes on.
- to become heavier, especially by the amount mentioned
synonym gain增加(若干)体重;发胖 - She looks like she's put on weight.
她似乎发胖了。 - He must have put on several kilos.
他体重一定增加了好几公斤。
- She looks like she's put on weight.
- (British English) to provide something specially
专门提供 - The city is putting on extra buses during the summer.
今年夏天,这城市将额外增开公共汽车。
- The city is putting on extra buses during the summer.
- to produce or present a play, a show, etc.
举办;上演;展出 - The local drama club is putting on ‘Macbeth’.
当地的剧社正在演出《麦克白》。
- The local drama club is putting on ‘Macbeth’.
- to pretend to have a particular feeling, quality, way of speaking, etc.
装作;假装 - He put on an American accent.
他假操着一口美国腔。 - I don't think she was hurt. She was just putting it on.
我想她没有受伤。她只是在装样子。
- He put on an American accent.
put something on something
- to add an amount of money or a tax to the cost of something
在(价格等)上加某金额(或税额) - The government has put ten pence on the price of twenty cigarettes.
政府在每二十支香烟的价格上加征了十便士的税款。
- The government has put ten pence on the price of twenty cigarettes.
- to bet money on something
把钱押在;下赌注 - I've never put money on a horse.
我从未赌过马。 - I put £5 on him to win.
我在他身上押 5 英镑赌他赢。
- I've never put money on a horse.