Tattoo

[tæ'tuː] or [tæ'tu]

解释:

(noun.) the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining.

(noun.) a design on the skin made by tattooing.

(noun.) a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters.

(verb.) stain (skin) with indelible color.

贝妮塔整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp.

(v. t.) To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.

(n.) An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized nations, especially by sailors.

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同义词及近义词：

n. Beat of drum (to summon soldiers to quarters at night).

整理:莱克格斯

解释:

n. a beat of drum and a bugle-call to call soldiers to quarters originally to shut the taps or drinking-houses against them.—The devil's tattoo the act of drumming with the fingers on a table &c.; in absence of mind or impatience.

v.t. to mark permanently (as the skin) with figures by pricking in colouring-matter.—n. marks or figures made by pricking colouring-matter into the skin.—ns. Tattoo′āge; Tattoo′er; Tattoo′ing.

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