a picture or design that is marked permanently on a person’s skin by making small holes in the skin with a needle and filling them with coloured ink 文身；（在皮肤上刺的）花纹 His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了文身。 She has a tattoo of a tiger on her shoulder. 她肩膀上有一个老虎的纹身。
Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashion 服装与时尚 Clothes 衣服 - be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/fur/uniform
穿着一身新衣裳／鲜艳的服装／化装舞会服／毛皮衣服／制服 - be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/leather/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
穿着黑色衣服／红色衣服／牛仔裤和 T 恤／最好的西服／皮衣／丝绸衣服／破衣烂衫 - be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
穿好衣服准备上班／上学／赴晚宴／出席特殊场合 - be dressed as a man/woman/clown/pirate
打扮成男人／女人／小丑／海盗 - wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
穿休闲服／名牌服装／二手衣服 - wear jewellery/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
- have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
戴着牛仔帽；穿着红色连衣裙／蓝色西服 - put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
穿上／脱下衣服／外套／鞋子；戴上／取下头盔 - pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
穿上／脱下外套；戴上／脱下手套；穿上／脱下袜子 - change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas
Appearance 外貌 - change/enhance/improve your appearance
改变／提升／改善形象 - create/get/have/give something a new/contemporary/retro look
塑造／获得／拥有／给某物以新的／现代的／复古的外貌 - brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
梳／用洗发剂洗／洗／吹头发 - have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
理发；换一个新发型 - have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
穿孔；穿鼻孔 - have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
有纹身；在（胳膊上）刺花纹；去除纹身 - have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
做整容手术 - use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
使用化妆品；化妆
Fashion 时尚 - follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
追求时尚；赶时髦 - spend/waste money on designer clothes
把钱花在／浪费在名牌服装上 - be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
衣着时尚／新潮／考究 - have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
着装很有品味／品味很差 - update/revamp your wardrobe
更新服装 - be in/come into/go out of fashion
流行；开始流行；不再流行 - be (back/very much) in vogue
（又开始／非常）流行 - create a style/trend/vogue for something
为…创造了一种风格／趋势／潮流 - organize/put on a fashion show
策划／举办时装秀 - show/unveil a designer’s spring/summer collection
展示／首次推出一位设计师的春／夏装系列 - sashay/strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
走 T 型台 - be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
做专业摄影／时装摄影
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearanceb2She's having a tattoo done on her leg. 她要在腿上刺文身。 I took to wearing a temporary tattoo on my ankle. 我喜欢在脚踝上做个临时文身。 I've decided to get my tattoo removed. 我已经决定去掉我身上的文身。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- distinctive
- temporary
- henna
- …
- do
- get
- have
- …
- parlour/parlor
- artist
- tattoo of
- (especially British English)
an outdoor show by members of the armed forces that includes marching, music and military exercises 野外军事表演（包括齐步前进、军乐和军事演习） the Edinburgh military tattoo 爱丁堡军事表演
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a rapid and continuous series of hits, especially on a drum as a military signal 连续急促的敲击；（尤指军事上的）回营号，击鼓号 The drummers beat a tattoo each morning. 鼓手每天早上敲打归营号。 Her fingers tapped a light tattoo on the table. 她的手指连续而有节奏的轻敲桌子。 George felt his heart begin to beat a tattoo against his ribs. 乔治感到他的心脏开始在他的肋骨上急促的敲击。
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: from Tahitian, Tongan, and Samoan ta-tau or Marquesan ta-tu. Marquesan is the Polynesian language of the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific. noun senses 2 to 3 mid 17th cent. (originally as tap-too) from Dutch taptoe!, literally ‘close the tap (of the cask)!’.