- 穿上，戴上(衣、帽、眼镜等)：
What dress shall I put on for the meeting?
我穿什么衣服去开会?
- 增添，增加(体重、肌肉、速度等)；加(若干数目)在价格(等)上：
He didn't want to put on more weight.
他不想增加体重。
- 装出(某种样子)；假装有；装腔作势，装模作样：
She's not really ill;she puts it on to get others' sympathy.
她其实没有什么病，她是为了博得他人同情而装病的。
- 使用(刹车等)，施加(压力等)，使用(力气等)：
The athlete put on a sprint of speed to make it.
运动员在到达终点前进行冲刺。
- 表演；演出，上演(戏剧等)：
The local drama group are putting on “Sister Jiang” at the Capital Theatre.
当地的剧团正在首都剧场演出《江姐》。
- 把…放上去：
Please put the kettle on.
请把水壶放上去。
- 打开(煤气、电灯、收音机等)：
It's getting dark;put on the light.
天快黑了，开灯吧。
- 把…作为一种负担加在某人身上：
I hope our arriving late didn't put them on.
我希望我们迟到一事不至于给他们带来不便。
- 使可供使用；供应：
So many people wanted to go to the match that another train had to be put on.
有那么多人想去观看比赛，所以只好加开一班火车。
- 派(某人)干某事或从事某种活动：
Who are you putting the difficult task on?
你们准备派谁去完成这项艰巨的任务?
- 使(某人)和另一个人联系上；为(某人)接通电话：
Could you put me on to a good dentist?
你能帮我找个好的牙医吗?
- 使(某人)注意；使(某人)警惕：
It was the spy's suspicious manner that first put us on to him.
最初引起我们对这个间谍警惕的是他的可疑的举止。
- 把(钟)向前拨，拨快(钟表)：
to put the clock on three minutes
把时钟拨快3分钟
- 把…作为赌注，押(注)，打赌：
I've put ten dollars on that horse to win.
为了想赢，我在那匹马上押了10美元。
- 提名某人作候选人：
For one reason or another,he was pushed off the ticket and his brother was put on.
由于某种原因，从候选人名单中取消了他，而放上了他弟弟的名字。
- 使(某人)起床：
Her son had gone to bed and I had to ask her to put him on,so that I could speak to him myself.
她的儿子已经睡了，我只好请她把儿子叫起来，以便我能亲自和他谈话。
- 【板球】使(投球手)上场；得分：
They put on 50 runs in the last hour of play.
在比赛的最后一小时内，他们得了50分。
- 估计，猜测(某物的价格)：
What price would you put on this fine old silver cup?
你看这个精致的旧银杯值多少钱?
- 征收，征课：
The government is proposing to put on a new range of taxes to pay for social services.
政府准备征收一系列新税，以应付社会的开支。
- 加速：
We had better put on the pace.
我们最好加快步伐。
- [美国俚语]把…当傻瓜戏弄，愚弄，嘲弄；欺骗，哄骗：
No, you're putting on me!
不，你在骗我!
- [俚语]吃：
As he has a bad cold,he has put on nothing but a bowl of porridge.
他因为重感冒，今天只喝了一碗粥。