英汉词典

tattoo 基本解释

• n. 纹身
• vt. 刺花纹于
• vi. 刺花样

tattoo 词态变化

tattoo 中文词源

由 18 世纪英国著名航海家库克船长引入英国，来自太平洋小岛某土著语言，其原义可能为 在脸上打的标记或以示惩罚的记号，后引申词义文身，刺青。比较《水浒传》。

tattoo 英文词源

tattoo

tattoo: English has two words tattoo. The older, ‘military display’ [17], was borrowed from a Dutch word, taptoe, that means literally ‘tap to’, that is, ‘shut the tap’ – a signal to shut off the taps of the beer barrels at closing time in the taverns. By the time it reached English it was being used for a ‘drum beat signalling the time for soldiers to return to their quarters at night’, and in the 18th century it was applied to a ‘military display based on this’. The tattoo on the skin [18] was borrowed from a Polynesian language, such as Tahitian (tatau) or Marquesan (ta-tu).
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tattoo (v.)

"mark the skin with pigment," 1769, tattow, from tattoo (n.2). Related: Tattooed; tattooing. Thackeray has tattooage.

tattoo (n.1)

"signal calling soldiers or sailors to quarters at night," 1680s, earlier tap-to (1640s), from Dutch taptoe, from tap "faucet of a cask" (see tap (n.1)) + toe "shut, to," from Proto-Germanic *to (see to (prep.)). "So called because police formerly visited taverns in the evening to shut off the taps of casks" [Barnhart]. In 17c. Dutch the phrase apparently was used with a transferred or figurative sense "say no more." In English, transferred sense of "drumbeat" is recorded from 1755. Hence, Devil's tattoo "action of idly drumming fingers in irritation or impatience" (1803).

tattoo (n.2)

"pigment design in skin," 1769 (noun and verb, both first attested in writing of Capt. Cook), from a Polynesian noun (such as Tahitian and Samoan tatau, Marquesan tatu "puncture, mark made on skin"). Century Dictionary (1902) describes them as found on sailors and uncivilized people or as a sentence of punishment.

tattoo 英文释义

1. a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

2. a design on the skin made by tattooing

3. the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

tattoo 双语例句

1. He has a tattoo on the back of his hand.

他手臂上有一文刺.

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2. He beat a frantic tattoo with his hands on the door.

他用手疯狂地连续敲门.

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3. I've decided to get my tattoo removed.

我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身.

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4. She's having a tattoo done on her leg.

她要在腿上刺纹身.

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5. In the old days, they would paint and tattoo their bodies for ceremonies.

过去，他们举行各种仪式前会在身上进行彩绘、文身。

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tattoo 实用场景例句

His arms were covered in tattoos.

他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。

牛津词典

He had a heart tattooed on his shoulder.

他让人给他在肩膀上刺了一颗心形图案。

牛津词典

His shoulder was tattooed with a heart.

他的肩膀上刺了一颗心形图案。

牛津词典

In the old days, they would paint and tattoo their bodies for ceremonies...

过去，他们举行各种仪式前会在身上进行彩绘、文身。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had the words 'Angie loves Ian' tattooed on his left shin.

他在左小腿上文了“安吉爱伊恩”几个字。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Andrew a flick knife, and a death's head tattoo. He's great in a fight, our Andrew.

安得鲁有把弹簧刀, 身上文着骷髅头, 打起架来很凶.

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I've decided to get my tattoo removed.

我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身.

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If you're thinking about a tattoo, you may end up getting a network TV promo instead.

如果你在考虑纹身, 你可能会得到一个电视预告.

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Which member of Adama's crew is known to have a tiger tattoo?

阿达玛的船员中谁有一个老虎的文身?

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Whenever he gets angry, he never shouts but beats the devil's tattoo on his desk.

每次他生气时, 他从不大声叫骂,而总是用手指把桌子敲得“得得得”地响.

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Bat the tattoo made him a famous man in his village.

但是,他身上所刺的花使他变成了全村的名人.

教父部分

Only having the best performing machine, tattoo artists will be able to make a perfect tattoo.

不仅表现最好的机器, 纹身艺术家将能够作出一个完美的纹身图案.

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He has a very small tattoo on his chest.

他有一个非常小的纹身了他的胸部.

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All the tattoo supplies are within our range.

所有纹身用品,是在我们射程范围内.

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You got a tattoo again? No, kidding!

你说我又纹了一个文身, 真的 吗 ?

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We always participate in some important tattoo exhibitions which we can get inspiration from.

我们始终参与,在一些重要的纹身展览,使我们可以得到启示.

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Gatsby's foot beat a short , restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly.

盖茨比的脚不耐烦地连敲了几声, 引起汤姆突然瞧了他一眼.

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Anyway , we look in the jar, and there's the tattoo around the nipple.

我们看看那瓶子, 在乳头周围有文身.

电影对白

He beat a tattoo with his fingers on the table.

他用指头咚咚地连敲着桌子.

辞典例句

She notices he has a tattoo on his neck but the detective, Brian Boone, dismisses it.

警察把Krista去到了太平间认尸(就是才先引诱那个死去的妓女那个警察).

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At nine o'clock at night, the tattoo was beaten.

晚上9点钟击鼓号令将士们归营就寝.

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He has a tattoo on the back of his hand.

他手臂上有一文刺.

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She's having a tattoo done on her leg.

她要在腿上刺纹身.

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Can you imagine what my dad would do if I came home with a tattoo?

你能想象如果我父亲发现我纹身会是什么反应 吗 ?

电影对白

Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased.

同时心脏的地狱般的纹身增加.

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Tomorrow, I will have a tattoo with Keita, Ryuichi, and Ryohei's names on my skin.

明天我讲会在我的皮肤上弄庆太, 龙一和凉平名字的文身.

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I'm getting a tattoo tomorrow.

我明天要去刺青.

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Because the color remains under the skin, a tattoo is usually permanent.

因为颜料在皮肤下面, 所以纹身的图案一般不会消失.

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