fashion

♠ fashion fash∙ion ◙ noun 1. [U, C] a popular style of clothes, hair, etc. at a particular time or place; the state of being popular • (衣服、发式等的)流行款式,时兴式样:

»dressed in the latest fashion

穿着入时

»the new seasonˈs fashions

新季度的流行款式

»Long skirts have come into fashion again.

长裙又时兴起来了。

»Jeans are still in fashion.

牛仔裤仍然流行。

»Some styles never go out of fashion.

有些款式永远不会过时。

2. a popular way of behaving, doing an activity, etc. • (行为、活动等的)时尚,时兴:

»The fashion at the time was for teaching mainly the written language.

那时教学时兴的主要是书面语。

»Fashions in art and literature come and go.

文艺的潮流总是昙花一现。

3. the business of making or selling clothes in new and different styles • 时装业:

»a fashion designer / magazine / show

时装设计师/杂志/表演

»the world of fashion

时装界

»the fashion industry

时装业

【IDIOMS】◘ after a ˈfashion • to some extent, but not very well • 还过得去；还算可以:

»I can play the piano, after a fashion.

我会弹钢琴,不过马马虎虎。

◘ after the fashion of sb / sth •(formal) in the style of sb / sth • 模仿…的式样；像…的风格:

»The new library is very much after the fashion of Nash.

这座新图书馆很像纳什的风格。

◘ in (a)... ˈfashion •(formal) in a particular way • 以…方式:

»How could they behave in such a fashion?

他们的态度怎么会这样呢？

»She was proved right, in dramatic fashion, when the whole department resigned.

整个部门的人都辞了职,这惹人注目的事证明她是对的。

◘ like itˈs going out of ˈfashion •(informal) used to emphasize that sb is doing sth or using sth a lot • 做得很多；大量使用；大肆花费:

»Sheˈs been spending money like itˈs going out of fashion.

她花钱一直大手大脚。

--› see also [u]parrot-fashion ◙ verb [VN] • fashion A (from / out of B) | fashion B (into A) to make or shape sth, especially with your hands • (尤指用手工)制作,使成形,塑造:

»She fashioned a pot from the clay.

她用黏土制成一个罐。

»She fashioned the clay into a pot.

她用黏土制成一个罐。

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['fæʃәn]

n. 樣子, 方式, 流行, 風尚, 時樣

vt. 形成, 造, 作, 把...塑造成, 使適應, 使適合, 改革, 改變