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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 the latest fashion trends 最新的时装潮流 the new season’s fashions 新一季的流行款式 - in fashion
Jeans are always in fashion. 牛仔裤一直很流行。 Long skirts have come into fashion again. 长裙又时兴起来了。 Some styles never go out of fashion. 有些款式永远不会过时。
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 Clothes and Fashiona2Black is always in fashion. 黑色永远流行。 He set a fashion for large hats. 他引领了戴大帽子的时尚。 I need your expert fashion advice. 我需要你内行的时尚建议。 I've given up trying to keep up with the latest fashions. 我已经不再追赶最新时尚。 I've started my own fashion line. 我开了自己的时装公司。 She always wore the latest fashions. 她总是穿着最时新的服装。 She had no fashion sense whatsoever. 她对时尚一窍不通。 She loves fashion and make-up. 她热爱时尚和化妆品。 She started her career as a fashion model. 她以做时装模特开始了她的事业。 She was respected as a fashion icon. 她被尊为时尚偶像。 She wore a powdered wig, as was the fashion of the day. 她戴着当时流行的扑粉假发。 Somebody call the fashion police, please! 哪位请叫一下“时尚警察”！ The new summer fashions have arrived. 夏季的最新流行款式到货了。 The store sells everything from casual clothes to high fashion. 从便装到最流行的服饰，这家店都有销售。 What were your worst fashion disasters? 你穿衣打扮最糟糕的是哪几次？ When did flares first come into fashion? 喇叭裤是什么时候开始流行的？ a magazine fashion spread 通过杂志传播的时尚 a passion for French fashions and goods 对法国时装与商品的热爱 classic fashions for your wardrobe 装饰衣柜的古典服饰 photographers at fashion shoots 时装摄影师 the fashion for long dresses 穿长裙的时尚 the influence of Italian designer fashion on the clothes industry 意大利名牌时装对时装业的影响 the latest fashion trend 最新的时尚趋势 the popular fashions of the day 当今的流行时尚 The stores are full of the spring fashions. 各大商店里满是流行的春装。 Our products interpret the latest fashion and styles in an Australian way. 我们的产品以澳大利亚的方式诠释最新的时尚和风格。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- contemporary
- current
- latest
- …
- be
- be in
- become
- …
- change
- statement
- trend
- model
- …
- after the fashion of
- fashion for
- fashion in
- …
- changes in fashion
- the fashion of the day
- the height of fashion
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the business of making or selling clothes in new and different styles 时装业 They all want to work in fashion. 他们都想从事时尚工作。 household names in the world of fashion and design 时尚设计界家喻户晓的名字 a fashion magazine 时装杂志 the fashion industry 时装业
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona2the fashion runways of Italy and France 意大利和法国的时装走秀台 the world's top fashion experts 世界顶级的时尚专家 one of the most successful fashion houses in Milan 米兰最成功的时装店之一 fresh interest in the New York fashion scene 纽约时装界的新鲜事物 Paris, the world's fashion capital 世界时尚之都巴黎 Her summer collection took the fashion world by storm. 她的夏装系列在时装界刮起了一股旋风。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- contemporary
- current
- latest
- …
- be
- be in
- become
- …
- change
- statement
- trend
- model
- …
- after the fashion of
- fashion for
- fashion in
- …
- changes in fashion
- the fashion of the day
- the height of fashion
- …
- [countable]
a popular way of behaving, doing an activity, etc. （行为、活动等的）时尚，时兴 This theory, though recent, is more than a passing fashion. 这个理论虽然最近才出现，但并不会昙花一现。 - fashion in something
Fashions in art and literature come and go. 文艺的潮流总是昙花一现。 - fashion for something
He seemed to endorse the current fashion for neoliberal economics. 他似乎支持当前新自由主义经济学的潮流。 - fashion for doing something
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。
Extra Exampleschanging fashions in education 教育中不断变化的风尚 The palazzo represents the height of architectural fashion for the mid-17th century. 这座宫殿代表了 17 世纪中叶建筑设计潮流的高峰。 The book traces how fashions have changed over the years. 这本书追踪了这些年的时尚变化。 Pessimism has become the fashion. 现在流行悲观主义。 Careful spending has gone out of fashion in our consumer society. 在我们这个消费社会精打细算已经过时了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true…
- normal
- standard
- …
- act in
- behave in
- proceed in
- …
- after a fashion
- in a fashion
see also Bristol fashion
Word OriginMiddle 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’.
Idioms
after a fashion
after the fashion of somebody/something
in (a)… fashion
- (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？ I strive to get my work done in a timely fashion. 我努力按时完成工作。 The troops embarked in an orderly fashion. 部队井然有序地登船。 Each chapter is structured in a similar fashion. 每一章的结构都很相似。 She was proved right, in dramatic fashion, when the whole department resigned. 整个部门的人都辞了职，戏剧性地证明她是对的。
Extra ExamplesAddress me in a proper fashion. 用一个恰当的方式称呼我。 Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion. 申请修这门课程可以按正常方式进行。 Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion. 人们推断成本与收益呈线性关系。 He asked questions in a direct fashion 他问问题的方式很直接。 He delivered his speech in classic fashion. 他用经典的方式发表了讲话。 He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion. 他的词汇贫乏，因此表达也有限。 He insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air. 他坚持要像真正的间谍小说中描写的那样在露天举行会议。 He presents it in an entertaining fashion. 他风趣地提出了此事。 Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game. 卡尔波夫坚决反击，一定要赢第七局比赛。 Light and sound are recorded in such different fashions. 光和声就是按这样的不同方式记录下来的。 Please proceed in an orderly fashion to the promenade deck. 请有序地走到散步甲板上去。 She laid out her argument in a convincing fashion. 她令人信服地摆出了她的论点。 She was strolling in a leisurely fashion in the opposite direction. 她正朝着相反的方向悠闲地漫步。 She writes in a serious fashion about the future 对于未来，她采取很严肃的态度进行写作。 She has corrected that oversight in fine fashion. 她很巧妙地纠正了那次疏忽。 The convention proceeded in the normal fashion. 会议像往常一样进行。 The descent of the footpath starts in easy fashion. 乡间小道缓缓向下延伸。 The story moves in circular fashion. 这个故事的情节是循环发展的。 They act in a purposeful and deliberate fashion. 他们既果断又谨慎地行动。 They celebrated their win in traditional fashion by spraying champagne everywhere. 他们用四处喷溅香槟的传统方式庆祝胜利。 We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down. 跟往常一样，我们刚刚出门就下雨了。 We need to tackle this problem in a coordinated fashion. 我们需要相互配合协调解决这一问题。 Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion? 他们为什么如此不可思议地行事？ batons ready in best police fashion 警棍在手，一副“经典”的警察派头 slowly descending the stairs in a grand fashion 威严地缓缓走下台阶 when people confront you in a negative fashion 当人们以消极的方式和你对抗时 I remembered clearly the peculiar fashion in which it all happened. 我清楚地记得这一切发生的奇特方式。
like it’s going out of fashion
- (informal)
used to emphasize that somebody is doing something or using something a lot 做得很多；大量使用；大肆花费