style

style
noun
  1. a manner of doing something
    (做事的)风格
    different styles of management.
    不同的管理风格。
    ■a way of painting, writing, composing, building, etc., characteristic of a particular period, place, person, or movement
    (绘画、写作、作曲、建筑等体现某一时期、地方、人或运动的)风格
    ■a way of using language
    文体
    he never wrote in a journalistic style.
    他从来不用新闻体写东西。
    [mass noun]students should pay attention to style and idiom.
    学生应该注意文体和习惯用法。
    ■[usu. with negative]a way of behaving or approaching a situation that is characteristic of or favoured by a particular person
    (个人独特的或喜欢的行为或处事)作风,方式,习惯
    backing out isn't my style.
    言而无信不是我的作风。
    ■an official or legal title
    称谓,称号
    the partnership traded under the style of Storr and Mortimer.
    合伙公司以施托尔和莫蒂默的名字从事贸易。
  2. a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed
    样式,风格
    the pillars are no exception to the general style.
    那些柱子与总的设计风格一致。
    ■a particular design of clothing
    (衣服)式样
    ■a way of arranging the hair
    发型
  3. [mass noun]elegance and sophistication
    高雅,风度,气派
    a sophisticated nightspot with style and taste.
    一家高雅有品味的高级夜总会。
  4. a rod-like object or part, in particular
    棒状物体(或部分),尤指
    ■archaic term for stylus (in sense 2)
    (古)。 同 stylus(义项2)
    ■(Botany)(in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma
    (植)(花的)花柱
    ■(Zoology)(in an invertebrate) a small, slender pointed appendage; a stylet
    (动)(无脊椎动物)尾片;尾须;螫针
verb
[with obj.]
  1. design or make in a particular form
    按特定形式设计;按特定形式制造
    the yacht is well proportioned and conservatively styled.
    游艇的比例匀称,设计传统。
    ■arrange (hair) in a particular way
    根据特定方式做(头发)
    he styled her hair by twisting it up to give it body.
    他把她的头发盘绕起来使其有立体感。
  2. [with obj. and complement]designate with a particular name, description, or title
    称呼;命名
    the official is styled principal and vice chancellor of the university.
    那官员被称作该大学的校长和常务副校长。
常用词组
in style (或 in grand style)
  1. in an impressive, grand, or luxurious way
    有气派的;阔气的;奢侈的
派生
styleless
adjective
stylelessness
noun
styler
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a stylus, also a literary composition, an official title, or a characteristic manner of literary expression): from Old French stile, from Latin stilus. The verb dates (first in sense 2) from the early 16th cent
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