fashion
noun/ˈfæʃn/
Слово англійською: fashion
Переклад fashion українською: мо́да, мане́ра, спо́сіб (викона́ння справ)
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] a popular style of clothes, hair, etc. at a particular time or place; the state of being popular
- the latest fashion trends
- the new season’s fashions
- in fashion Jeans are always in fashion.
- Long skirts have come into fashion again.
- Some styles never go out of fashion.
Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashionClothes- be wearing a new outfit/bright colours/fancy dress/uniform
- be (dressed) in black/red/jeans and a T-shirt/your best suit/silk/rags (= very old torn clothes)
- be dressed for work/school/dinner/a special occasion
- be dressed as a clown/pirate/policeman
- wear/dress in casual/designer/second-hand clothes
- wear jewellery/accessories/a watch/glasses/contact lenses/perfume
- have a cowboy hat/red dress/blue suit on
- put on/take off your clothes/coat/shoes/helmet
- pull on/pull off your coat/gloves/socks
- change into/get changed into a pair of jeans/your pyjamas
- change/enhance/improve your appearance
- create/get/have/give something a new/contemporary/retro look
- brush/comb/shampoo/wash/blow-dry your hair
- have/get a haircut/your hair cut/a new hairstyle
- have/get a piercing/your nose pierced
- have/get a tattoo/a tattoo done (on your arm)/a tattoo removed
- have/get a makeover/cosmetic surgery
- use/wear/apply/put on make-up/cosmetics
- follow/keep up with (the) fashion/the latest fashions
- spend/waste money on designer clothes
- be fashionably/stylishly/well dressed
- have good/great/terrible/awful taste in clothes
- update/revamp your wardrobe
- be in/come into/go out of fashion
- be (back/very much) in vogue
- create a style/trend/vogue for something
- organize/put on a fashion show
- show/unveil a designer’s spring/summer collection
- sashay/strut down the catwalk/(North American English also) runway
- be on/do a photo/fashion shoot
- [uncountable] the business of making or selling clothes in new and different styles
- They all want to work in fashion.
- household names in the world of fashion and design
- a fashion magazine
- the fashion industry
Wordfinder- appliances
- cookware
- fashion
- furnishings
- hardware
- linen
- lingerie
- menswear
- stationery
- store
- [countable] a popular way of behaving, doing an activity, etc.
- This theory, though recent, is more than a passing fashion.
- fashion in something Fashions in art and literature come and go.
- fashion for something He seemed to endorse the current fashion for neoliberal economics.
- fashion for doing something The fashion at the time was for teaching mainly the written language.
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
- to some extent, but not very well
- I can play the piano, after a fashion.
- ‘Do you speak French?’ ‘After a fashion.’
- So they became friends, after a fashion.
after the fashion of somebody/something
- (formal) in the style of somebody/something
- The new library is very much after the fashion of Nash.
- She spoke in French after the fashion of the court.
in (a)… fashion
- (formal) in a particular way
- How could they behave in such a fashion?
- I strive to get my work done in a timely fashion.
- The troops embarked in an orderly fashion.
- Each chapter is structured in a similar fashion.
- She was proved right, in dramatic fashion, when the whole department resigned.
Extra Examples- Address me in a proper fashion.
- Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion.
- Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion.
- He asked questions in a direct fashion
- He delivered his speech in classic fashion.
- He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion.
- He insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air.
- He presents it in an entertaining fashion.
- Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game.
- Light and sound are recorded in such different fashions.
- Please proceed in an orderly fashion to the promenade deck.
- She laid out her argument in a convincing fashion.
- She was strolling in a leisurely fashion in the opposite direction.
- She writes in a serious fashion about the future
- She has corrected that oversight in fine fashion.
- The convention proceeded in the normal fashion.
- The descent of the footpath starts in easy fashion.
- The story moves in circular fashion.
- They act in a purposeful and deliberate fashion.
- They celebrated their win in traditional fashion by spraying champagne everywhere.
- We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down.
- We need to tackle this problem in a coordinated fashion.
- Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion?
- batons ready in best police fashion
- slowly descending the stairs in a grand fashion
- when people confront you in a negative fashion
- I remembered clearly the peculiar fashion in which it all happened.
like it’s going out of fashion
- (informal) used to emphasize that somebody is doing something or using something a lot
- She's been spending money like it's going out of fashion.