| 单词 | fashion |
| 释义 | noun | verb fashionfashion1 /ˈfæʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1[countable, uncountable] the fact that something is popular or thought to be good at a particular time: in fashion The color black is always in fashion.out of fashion Wide-legged pants were out of fashion in the 1980s. Harper carries classic styles that never go out of fashion (=stop being popular). His ideas are coming back into fashion. Going to karaoke clubs was the fashion around here in the 1990s. Her short dress was the height of fashion (=was very popular).2[countable, uncountable] a style of clothes, hair, etc. that is popular at a particular time: The magazine is showing this year’s men’s fashions. Large bags are this year’s biggest fashion accessory. She always buys the latest fashions. Who started the fashion of body piercing? The store sells only high fashion (=the most modern and expensive fashions). Most of our customers are very fashion conscious (=always wanting to wear the newest fashions).3[uncountable] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes, etc. in new and changing styles: She is the assistant fashion editor at “Vogue.” Jacobs is one of the biggest names in fashion. I bought a fashion magazine at the drug store. She is studying fashion and hopes to work in the fashion industry. The judges are some of the world’s best known fashion designers.4in a ... fashion formal in a particular way: The books were arranged in an orderly fashion (=neatly).5like it’s going out of fashion informal if you eat, drink, or use something like it’s going out of fashion, you eat, drink, or use a lot of it: She’s been spending money like it’s going out of fashion.6after/in the fashion of somebody in a style that is typical of a particular person: His first novels are very much after the fashion of Faulkner and O'Connor.7after a fashion formal if you do something after a fashion, you can do it, but not very well: We learned to ride horses and lasso after a fashion. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French façon, from Latin factio act of making] → see also fashion plate, fashion sense, fashion show, fashion victimCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1, 2, & 3adjectives/nouns + fashionthe latest fashion They sell all the latest fashions.men’s/women’s fashions Men’s fashions have not changed much in 30 years.fashion-conscious (=very interested in the latest fashions, and always wanting to wear fashionable clothes) Fashion-conscious people can’t get enough of these new designs.verbsgo out of fashion (=stop being popular) Long evening dresses are going out of fashion.come back into fashion (=become popular again) Long skirts came back into fashion a few years ago.keep up with fashion (=make sure that you know about the most recent fashions) Lucy likes to keep up with the latest fashions.fashion + nounsthe fashion industry New York is the center of the U.S. fashion industry.a fashion show Dolce & Gabbana’s fashion show featured suits and evening wear.the fashion world (=people whose work is related to fashion) Small women are often ignored by the fashion world.a fashion model Fashion models are usually very slim.a fashion designer Her favorite fashion designers include Michael Kors and Nicole Miller.a fashion icon (=someone who is very famous in fashion) Versace was, of course, a fashion icon.fashion design Campos studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology.fashion accessory (=something popular other than clothes that you wear or carry) Sunglasses are her favorite fashion accessory.a fashion house (=a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes) He has worked for fashion houses such as Armani and Hugo Boss.a fashion trend Sleek cell phones follow the latest fashion trends.a fashion magazine She’s the editor of a leading fashion magazine.fashion photography She gave me a book of Lang’s fashion photography.a fashion photographer Later he worked as a fashion photographer for Vogue.a fashion shoot (=an occasion when photographs are taken of fashion models) She was asked to star with top model Naomi Campbell in a fashion shoot.a fashion statement (=something you do to try to seem fashionable) Is he trying to make a fashion statement with that wild outfit? noun | verb fashionfashion2 ●○○ verb [transitive] 1formal to shape or make something, using your hands or only a few tools: fashion something from something Several prisoners were armed with weapons fashioned from razor blades.fashion something into something As a boy, he had fashioned pieces of wood into homemade baseball bats.2[usually passive] to influence and form someone’s ideas and opinions or a particular situation: Our attitudes to politics are fashioned by the media. |
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