fashion

fashion
noun
  1. a popular trend, especially in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behaviour
    (服装、饰品、行为举止等的)时尚
    they are slaves to the fashion for Americana.
    他们一味追求时新的典型美国事物。
    ■[mass noun]the production and marketing of new styles of goods, especially clothing and cosmetics
    (尤指服装和化妆品)新款的产销
    [as modifier]a fashion magazine.
    时尚杂志。
  2. a manner of doing something
    行事方式
    the work is done in a rather casual fashion.
    这件作品做得相当随意。
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be fashioned)make into a particular or the required form
    使成型
    the bottles were fashioned from green glass.
    这些瓶子是由绿色玻璃制成的。
    ■(fashion something into)use materials to make into
    把(材料)制成
    the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes.
    那些皮被制成了靴子和鞋。
常用词组
after a fashion
  1. to a certain extent but not perfectly or satisfactorily
    勉强,马马虎虎
    he could read after a fashion.
    他勉强识点儿字。
after (或 in) the fashion of
  1. in a manner similar to
    模仿;像…一样;按照…的方式
    she took servants for granted after the fashion of wealthy and pampered girls.
    她像那些富有而娇气十足的女孩子一样,认为有佣人是理所当然的。
in (或 out of) fashion
  1. popular (or unpopular) and considered (or not considered) to be smart at the time in question
    在(或不再)流行(或风行)
派生
fashioner
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'make, shape, appearance', also 'a particular make or style'): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere 'do, make'
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