fashion

流行、ファッション

ある時期に人気のある服装や外見のスタイル。

やさしい英語で： A style of clothing or appearance that is popular at a particular time.

• Long skirts are back in fashion.
• He follows the latest fashions.
• These shoes went out of fashion years ago.

使い方： in/out of fashion (Bright colors are in fashion this summer.)

類義語： style, trend

よく使う表現： in fashion, out of fashion, latest fashion

ファッション業界、服飾業界

服をデザインし、作り、販売する産業。

やさしい英語で： The business of designing, making, and selling clothes.

• She works in fashion.
• The fashion industry creates thousands of jobs.
• He hopes to join a famous fashion house.

よく使う表現： fashion industry, fashion designer, fashion house, fashion show

方法、やり方

何かを行う方法や、物事が起こる様子。

やさしい英語で： The way in which something is done or happens.

• The crowd left in orderly fashion.
• She answered in her usual fashion.
• Both machines work in a similar fashion.

使い方： in a … fashion (The files were arranged in a logical fashion.)

類義語： way, manner

よく使う表現： in orderly fashion, in similar fashion, in timely fashion

流行、一時的な流行

役立つかどうかよりも、人気があるという理由で人々が従う一時的な傾向。

やさしい英語で： A changing trend that people follow because it is popular, rather than useful or sensible.

• The craze was just a passing fashion.
• He dismissed the new diet as a fashion.
• There is a fashion for giving businesses strange names.

使い方： fashion for something (There is a fashion for painting every room gray.)

類義語： fad, craze, trend

よく使う表現： passing fashion, current fashion, fashion for something

作る、形作る

普通は手で丁寧に、物を作ったり形を整えたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To make or shape something, usually by hand and with care.

• He fashioned a bowl from clay.
• They fashioned the branches into a shelter.
• She fashions tiny animals out of wire.

使い方： fashion something from/out of something (She fashioned a hat out of newspaper.); fashion something into something (He fashioned the wood into a small boat.)

類義語： make, shape, craft

よく使う表現： fashion something from something, fashion something into something