fash.ion
n.(名词)The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:风格,时尚:衣着或举止方面流行的式样或习俗:例句:out of fashion.过时
Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:时髦:一些流行式样的东西,如衣服:例句:Her dress is the latest fashion.她的晚礼服是最新式样
The style characteristic of the social elite:上流社会:具有社会精华特点的方式:例句:a man of fashion.上流社会的人
Manner or mode; way:方式;方法:例句:Set the table in this fashion.将桌子这样放
A personal, often idiosyncratic manner:个人方式:一种个人的,通常是个人癖好的方式:例句:played the violin in his own curious fashion.以他独有的奇特方式演奏小提琴
Kind or variety; sort:种类或类别;样子:例句:people of all fashions.各式各样的人
Shape or form; configuration.形状或构成;结构v.tr.(及物动词)fash.ioned,fash.ion.ing,fash.ions To give shape or form to; make:形成或构成;制造:例句:fashioned a table from a redwood burl.将红木树瘤制成桌子
To train or influence into a particular state or character.塑造:通过训练、影响使形成特定的状态或性格To adapt, as to a purpose or an occasion; accommodate.使适应:因某种目的或机会而适应;使适应Obsolete To contrive.【废语】 图谋
<习惯用语>after a fashion 或
in a fashion
In some way or other, especially to a limited extent:勉强,马马虎虎:多少有一点儿,特指在某种受限制的范围内:例句:She sings after a fashion.她勉强会唱一点
习惯用语>来源:Middle English facioun 中古英语 facioun from Old French faôon [appearance, manner] 源自 古法语 faôon [外貌,方式] from Latin factiô factiôn- [a making] 源自 拉丁语 factiô factiôn- [一个成因] from factus [past participle of] facere [to make, do] * see dhô- 源自 factus [] facere的过去分词 [成为,做] *参见 dhô-
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fash.ioner
n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>fashion,style,mode,vogue同义词>These nouns refer to a prevailing or preferred manner of dress, adornment, behavior, or way of life at a given time.这些名词指衣服、装饰、行为或生活方式在特定时间里流行或为众人喜爱的方式。 Fashion, the broadest term, usually refers to what accords with conventions adopted by polite society or set by those in the forefront of the artistic or intellectual sphere: Fashion 用法最广,通常指那些与礼仪社会所采用的惯例或由艺术或知识领域的先锋所建立的相合的东西: 例句:wears clothes in the height of fashion;穿着新潮时装;
例句:a time when pop art was very much in fashion.一个流行音乐成为时尚的年代。
Style is sometimes used interchangeably withfashion ( Style 有时与fashion 交替使用( 例句:a gown that is out of style), butstyle, like mode, often stresses adherence to standards of elegance: 一件过时的衣服), 但是style 象 mode 一样通常强调坚持风雅的水准:
例句:The couple travels in style.这对夫妻符合时尚地旅游。
例句:Miniskirts were the mode in the late sixties.迷你裙是六十年代后期的时尚。
Vogue is applied to fashion that prevails widely ( Vogue 指流行很广的方式( 例句:the voluptuous figure in vogue at the time of Rubens); the term often suggests enthusiastic but short-lived acceptance ( 鲁本斯时代时髦的肉感身材); 这个词通常暗含有狂热但为时很短的接受(
例句:a game that enjoyed a vogue in its day). See also Synonyms at method 一种流行于它的时代的游戏) 参见同义词 method
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