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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fash·ion1 /ˈfæʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 noun 1 [countable, uncountable]FASHIONABLE something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time 风行一时的事物，时尚fashion for the fashion for ‘discovery methods’ of learning 风靡一时的“探索”学习法fashion in The emerging science of photography was already changing fashions in art. 摄影科学的兴起已在改变艺术的潮流。nin fashionn Bright colours are in fashion this summer.out of fashion Their music will never go out of fashion. 他们的音乐永不过时。 His ideas are coming back into fashion (=they are becoming popular again). 他的观点又流行起来。 Eastern religions used to be the fashion in the 60s. 东方宗教曾在60年代很流行。 Self-help books are all the fashion (=they are very fashionable). 自助类的书籍很流行。n Grammar ✗ Don’t say: on fashion2 [countable, uncountable]FASHIONABLE a style of clothes, hair etc that is popular at a particular time 〔服装、发型等的〕流行款式，时新式样 Young people are very concerned with fashion. 年轻人很关注时尚。5 Hats like that just aren’t the fashion.那样的帽子不流行。 The store has all the latest fashions. 他们出售各种最新的流行服饰。3 [uncountable]DCCBB the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles 时装业；时装学 magazines about fashion and beauty 时尚与美容杂志 the London College of Fashion 伦敦时装学院4 in a ... fashion WAY/MANNERin a particular way 以…方式 Please leave the building in an orderly fashion. 请大家有秩序地离开大楼。 Perhaps they could sit down and discuss things in a civilised fashion. 也许他们可以坐下来心平气和地商量事情。 She will be working out her problems in her own fashion (=in the way that she usually does this). 她会以自己的方式来解决她的问题。5 after a fashion DO WELLnot very much, not very well, or not very effectively 不很好，马马虎虎，勉强凑合 ‘Can you speak Russian?’ ‘After a fashion.’ “你会说俄语吗？”“勉强会一点。”6 after the fashion of somebody Ain a style that is typical of a particular person 像某人的风格，模仿某人 Her early work is very much after the fashion of Picasso and Braque. 她的早期作品颇具毕加索和布拉克的风格。7 like it’s going out of fashion informalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT use this to emphasize that someone does something a lot or uses a lot of something 做得很多；大量使用 Danny’s been spending money like it’s going out of fashion. 丹尼花钱一直大手大脚。 → parrot fashion at parrot1(2) COLLOCATIONSphrasesbe in fashion 流行Belted jackets are in fashion this winter. 今冬流行束腰短外套。be out of fashion 过时Flared trousers were out of fashion in the 1980s. 20世纪80年代，喇叭裤不再流行了。go out of fashion (=stop being fashionable) 过时Long evening dresses are going out of fashion. 长晚礼服过时了。come back into fashion (=become fashionable again) 重新流行Short skirts are coming back into fashion this year. 今年，短裙又重新流行起来。be the height of fashion (=be very fashionable) 是时尚之最nWith her short dress and high boots she was the height of fashion.keep up with fashion (=make sure that you know about the most recent fashions) 紧跟潮流nLucy likes to keep up with the latest fashions.fashion-conscious (=very interested in the latest fashions, and always wanting to wear fashionable clothes) 追求时尚的nFashion-conscious people can’t get enough of these new designs.adjectivesthe latest fashion 最新流行服饰They sell all the latest fashions. 他们出售各种最新的流行服饰。men’s/women’s fashions 男式/女式时装式样Men’s fashions have not changed much in 50 years. 50年来，男式时装一直没有多大变化。fashion + NOUNthe fashion industry 时装业London is the centre of the British fashion industry. 伦敦是英国时装业中心。the fashion world 时装界Small women are often overlooked by the fashion world. 身材娇小的女性常常被时装界忽视。a fashion show 时装秀nCalvin Klein’s fashion show featured suits and sportswear.a fashion model 时装模特nFashion models are usually very tall.a fashion designer 时装设计师nHer favourite fashion designers include Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco Ferre.fashion design 时装设计nHe went to St Martin’s School of Art to study fashion design.a fashion house (=a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes) （高级）时装公司nfashion houses such as Armani and Hugo Bossa fashion magazine 时装杂志nShe’s the editor of a leading fashion magazine.fashion photography 时装摄影na book of Lang’s fashion photography a fashion photographer 时装摄影师nLater he worked as a fashion photographer for Vogue.a fashion shoot (=an occasion when photographs are taken of fashion models) 时装拍摄nShe was asked to star with top model Naomi Campbell in a fashion shoot.a fashion shop 时装店nWe walked around Milan’s famous fashion shops.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘the last fashion’. Say the latest fashion. 不要说 ‘the last fashion’. 而要说 the latest fashion.n THESAURUSfashion noun [countable, uncountable] a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable. Fashion is also used as an uncountable noun, when talking about all of these styles in generalthe latest fashions from Donna Karanchanging fashions in popular musicI’m not interested in fashion.vogue noun [singular, uncountable] if there is a vogue for something, or it is in vogue, it is fashionable. Vogue sounds more formal and typical of the language that more educated speakers use than fashionthe current vogue for realistic animated filmsThere was a vogue for cream furniture in the 1920s.His pictures are very much in vogue these days.trend noun [countable] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable or popularThe magazine focuses on the latest trends in contemporary design.The trend is for people to wait longer to marry and have children. craze/fad noun [countable] informal a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time – often used about things that you think are rather sillya new fitness crazethe current fad for bare white walls and uncomfortable-looking metal furniture I’m sure it’s just a passing fad (=something that will soon stop being fashionable).fad dietssomething is all the rage formal used when saying that something is very popular and fashionable for a short timeThe game was all the rage at her school.Examples from the Corpus
fashion• a fashion designer• a fashion show• Resident movie stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Cher and Madonna also have spurred a boomlet in the entertainment and fashion businesses.• Diane is the assistant fashion editor at "Vogue."• changing fashions in popular music• Then he seized the initiative in a dramatic fashion, just as he had in April 1182.• She wears anachronistic styles as though they were the latest fashion, with no hint of nostalgia.• I always find it hard to keep up with the latest fashions.• Albeit in an oblique fashion, Soviet Socialist Realism thus influenced the development of western high art.• As women are liberated from some of the meaner dictates of dress, men are losing a certain brand of fashion freedom.• They say commuting will be out of fashion - sounds great to me.• He's one of the best-known designers in the world of fashion.• This year's men's fashions are brighter and more casual than ever before.• Platform sandals are this summer's fashion.• Claire Selman selects fashion for action Skiing poses exceptionally extreme demands on clothing.• Who started this fashion for wearing old army clothes?all the fashion• All the fashions shown on the night will be available to order in time for the spring and summer social season.fashion2 ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 MAKEto shape or make something, using your hands or only a few tools 〔用手或几件工具〕使成形，制作2 EFFECT/INFLUENCEto influence and form someone’s ideas and opinions 塑造→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
fashion• The man had fashioned a turban from a strip of torn cloth.• Taxes and the budget are obvious topics as Republicans fashion an economic agenda for the national convention.• All three combined to fashion an equaliser, of course.• Our attitudes to politics are fashioned by the media.• When the rains came, they huddled under umbrellas and makeshift tents and donned ponchos or raincoats fashioned from plastic garbage bags.• To fashion patterns of light into such weapons.• Two million years ago our ancestors began to fashion stone tools.• Few coffin-makers had the talent to fashion such an item, so an order would have gone out to a local plumber.fashion something into something• As a boy, he had fashioned pieces of wood into homemade baseball bats.-fashion /fæʃən/ suffix [in adverbs] WAY/MANNERlike something, or in the way that a particular group of people does something 照…样子；按…方式 They ate Indian-fashion, using their fingers. 他们照印度人的样子，用手抓着吃。From Longman Business Dictionaryfashionfash‧ion1 /ˈfæʃən/ noun1[countable, uncountable] a way of doing something or behaving that is popular at a particular timefashion forHow do you explain the current fashion for takeovers?Good design will never go out of fashion (=become unfashionable).Big companies seem to be in fashion (=acceptable and popular) again.2MANUFACTURING [uncountable] the business of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing stylesEmma wants to work in the fashion industry.leading fashion designers3[countable, uncountable] a style of clothes or hair that is popular at a particular timeWe sell only the latest fashions.Long skirts are back in fashion. (=are in fashion again after a period of time when they were not)fashionfashion2 verb [transitive] journalism to produce somethingHouston has fashioned a substantial economic recovery.The two sides have been unable to fashion a compromise.→ See Verb tableOrigin fashion1 (1300-1400) Old French façon, from Latin factio “act of making”, from facere “to do, make”fash·ion1 noun →n GRAMMAR1 →COLLOCATIONS1
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fash‧ion1 S3 W2 /ˈfæʃən/ 
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fashion for
the fashion for ‘discovery methods’ of learning
fashion in
The emerging science of photography was already changing fashions in art.
Eastern religions used to be the fashion in the 60s.
His ideas are coming back into fashion (=they are becoming popular again).
Their music will never go out of fashion (=stop being fashionable).
Self-help books are all the fashion (=they are very fashionable).
2. [uncountable and countable] a style of clothes, hair etc that is popular at a particular time:
Young people are very concerned with fashion.
Hats like that just aren’t the fashion.
3. [uncountable] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles:
magazines about fashion and beauty
the London College of Fashion
4. in a ... fashion in a particular way:
Please leave the building in an orderly fashion.
Perhaps they could sit down and discuss things in a civilised fashion.
She will be working out her problems in her own fashion (=in the way that she usually does this).
5. after a fashion not very much, not very well, or not very effectively:
‘Can you speak Russian?’ ‘After a fashion.’
6. after the fashion of somebody in a style that is typical of a particular person:
Her early work is very much after the fashion of Picasso and Braque.
7. like it’s going out of fashion informal use this to emphasize that someone does something a lot or uses a lot of something:
Danny’s been spending money like it’s going out of fashion.
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▪be in fashion Belted jackets are in fashion this winter.
▪be out of fashion Flared trousers were out of fashion in the 1980s.
▪go out of fashion (=stop being fashionable) Long evening dresses are going out of fashion.
▪come back into fashion (=become fashionable again) Short skirts are coming back into fashion this year.
▪be the height of fashion (=be very fashionable) With her short dress and high boots she was the height of fashion.
▪keep up with fashion (=make sure that you know about the most recent fashions) Lucy likes to keep up with the latest fashions.
▪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.
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▪the latest fashion They sell all the latest fashions.
▪men’s/women’s fashions Men’s fashions have not changed much in 50 years.
■ fashion + NOUN
▪the fashion industry London is the centre of the British fashion industry.
▪the fashion world Small women are often overlooked by the fashion world.
▪a fashion show Calvin Klein’s fashion show featured suits and sportswear.
▪a fashion model Fashion models are usually very tall.
▪a fashion designer Her favourite fashion designers include Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco Ferre.
▪fashion design He went to St Martin’s School of Art to study fashion design.
▪a fashion house (=a company that produces new and expensive styles of clothes) fashion houses such as Armani and Hugo Boss
▪a fashion magazine She’s the editor of a leading fashion magazine.
▪fashion photography 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 shop We walked around Milan’s famous fashion shops.
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► Do not say 'the last fashion'. Say the latest fashion.
▪ fashion noun [uncountable and countable] a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable. Fashion is also used as an uncountable noun, when talking about all of these styles in general: the latest fashions from Donna Karan | changing fashions in popular music | I'm not interested in fashion.
▪vogue noun [singular,uncountable] if there is a vogue for something, or it is in vogue, it is fashionable. Vogue sounds more formal and typical of the language that more educated speakers use than fashion: the current vogue for realistic animated films | There was a vogue for cream furniture in the 1920s. | His pictures are very much in vogue these days.
▪trend noun [countable] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable or popular: The magazine focuses on the latest trends in contemporary design. | The trend is for people to wait longer to marry and have children.
▪craze/fad noun [countable] informal a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time – often used about things that you think are rather silly: a new fitness craze | the current fad for bare white walls and uncomfortable-looking metal furniture | I'm sure it's just a passing fad (=something that will soon stop being fashionable). | fad diets
▪something is all the rage formal used when saying that something is very popular and fashionable for a short time: The game was all the rage at her school.
fashion2 verb [transitive]
fashion something from something
He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood.
fashion something into something
Jamie could take a piece of wood and fashion it into a wonderful work of art.
2. [usually passive] to influence and form someone’s ideas and opinions:
We are all unique human beings, fashioned by life experiences.
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noun Word Family: verb: fashion; noun: fashion; adverb: fashionably ≠ UNFASHIONABLY; adjective: fashionable ≠ unfashionable
Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: façon, from Latin factio 'act of making', from facere 'to do, make'
1. [uncountable and countable] something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular timeLanguage: Old French
Origin: façon, from Latin factio 'act of making', from facere 'to do, make'
fashion for
fashion in
2. [uncountable and countable] a style of clothes, hair etc that is popular at a particular time:
3. [uncountable] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles:
4. in a ... fashion in a particular way:
5. after a fashion not very much, not very well, or not very effectively:
6. after the fashion of somebody in a style that is typical of a particular person:
7. like it’s going out of fashion informal use this to emphasize that someone does something a lot or uses a lot of something:
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verb [transitive] Word Family: verb: fashion; noun: fashion; adverb: fashionably ≠ UNFASHIONABLY; adjective: fashionable ≠ unfashionable
1. to shape or make something, using your hands or only a few toolsfashion something from something
fashion something into something
2. [usually passive] to influence and form someone’s ideas and opinions:
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/( jewelry/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfumeespecially
佩戴珠宝首饰／饰品／手表／眼镜／隐形眼镜；喷香水 have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suiton 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/( your pajamasespecially
换上牛仔裤／睡衣
Appearance 外貌
change/enhance/improve your appearance改变／提升／改善形象 create/get/have/give sth 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/welldressed 衣着时尚／新潮／考究 have good/great/terrible/awfultaste 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 sth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/( runwayNAmE also
走 T 型台 be on/do a photo/fashion shoot做专业摄影／时装摄影
