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单词 jewellery
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jewellery

noun
 
/ˈdʒuːəlri/
/ˈdʒuːəlri/
(US English jewelry)
[uncountable]
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  1. objects such as rings and necklaces that people wear as decoration
    • silver/gold jewellery
    • She has some lovely pieces of jewellery.
    • I don't wear jewellery of any kind.
    • She inherited the family jewellery.
    • The nurse asked her to remove all her jewellery.
    • (British English) a jewellery shop
    • (US English) a jewelry store
    Collocations Clothes and fashionClothes and fashionClothes
    • be wearing a new outfit/​bright colours/​fancy dress/​fur/​uniform
    • be (dressed) in black/​red/​jeans and a T-shirt/​your best suit/​leather/​silk/​rags (= very old torn clothes)
    • be dressed for work/​school/​dinner/​a special occasion
    • be dressed as a man/​woman/​clown/​pirate
    • 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
    Appearance
    • 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
    Fashion
    • 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
    see also costume jewelleryTopics Clothes and Fashiona2, Shoppinga2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • expensive
    • cheap
    • beautiful
    … of jewellery
    • item
    • piece
    verb + jewellery/​jewelry
    • wear
    • make
    • design
    jewellery/​jewelry + noun
    • box
    • case
    • shop
    See full entry
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French juelerie, from juelier ‘jeweller’, from joel, from jeu ‘game, play’, from Latin jocus ‘jest’.
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