[sing., U] something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time

风行一时的事物，时尚:

the fashion for 'discovery methods' of learning

风靡一时的“探索”学习法

The emerging science of photography was already changing fashions in art.

摄影学的兴起已改变艺术的潮流。

Eastern religions used to be the fashion in the 60s.

东方宗教曾在 60 年代很流行。

His ideas are coming back into fashion (=they are becoming popular again) .

他的观点又流行起来。

Their music will never go out of fashion (=stop being fashionable) .

他们的音乐永不过时。

Self-help books are all the fashion (=they are very fashionable) .

自助类图书很流行。

[C,U] 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:

They sold the latest fashions from Europe (=the most recent fashions) .

他们出售来自欧洲的最新流行服饰。

The 1960s space-age look influenced both men's and women's fashions .

20 世纪 60 年代的太空时尚影响了男男女女的时装式样。

Hats are in fashion again this year (=they are fashionable) .

今年又流行戴帽子了。

Grey is out of fashion now (=it is no longer fashionable) .

灰色现在不流行了。

extreme designs which will go out of fashion as quickly as they came in (=stop being fashionable)

流行快过时也快的极端设计

Fur coats were considered to be the height of fashion (=were thought to be very fashionable) .

裘皮大衣被认为是时尚之最。

Teenage girls are very fashion conscious (=they are very concerned about wearing the latest fashions) .

十几岁的少女很注重时尚。

[U] the business or study of making and selling clothes, shoes etc in new and changing styles

时装业; 时装学:

a leading fashion magazine

一份领军的时装杂志

the fall fashion shows in New York, Milan, and Paris

在纽约、米兰和巴黎举行的秋季时装展

She used to be one of the world's top fashion models .

她曾跻身世界顶级时装模特之列。

fashion photographer Richard Avedon

时装摄影师理查德·埃夫登

The dark-eyed Italian is set to take the fashion world by storm (=become very successful in the world of fashion) .

那个黑眼睛的意大利人决心征服时装界。

She hopes to find work in the fashion industry (=all the companies and people who are involved in fashion) .

她希望在时装界找份工作。

the London College of Fashion

伦敦时装学院

in a … fashion, in 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。

after a fashion, not 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。”

after the fashion of sb, in 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.

她的早期作品非常像毕加索和布拉克的风格。

like it's going out of fashion, [informal] 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 .

丹尼花起钱来好像不花会烂掉一样。

to shape or make something, using your hands or only a few tools

〔用手或几件工具〕使成形，制作:

He fashioned a box from a few old pieces of wood.

他用几块旧木板做了一个箱子。

Jamie could take a piece of wood and fashion it into a wonderful work of art.

杰米可以把一块木头做成漂亮的艺术品。

[, usually passive] to influence and form someone's ideas and opinions

塑造:

We are all unique human beings, fashioned by life experiences.

我们都是独一无二的人，是由生活经历塑造出来的。