tattoo
n
(pl ~s)
1 [sing] evening drum or bugle signal calling soldiers back to their quarters 歸營鼓; 歸營號
beat/sound the tattoo 敲歸營鼓[吹歸營號].
2 [C] elaborate version of this withmusic and marching, performed as a public entertainment歸營游行(配有軍樂的表演)
a torchlight tattoo 火炬游行.
3 [C] drumming or tapping 敲鼓; 輕擊
beating a tattoo on the table with his fingers 以手指在桌子上輕擊鼓點.
tattoo v [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) mark (sb's skin) with a permanent picture or pattern by pricking it and inserting a dye 給(某人的皮膚)刺染圖案.
(b) put (a picture or pattern) on the skin in this way 刺染(圖案)於皮膚上
had a ship tattooed on his arm 在他的臂上刺一只船. tattoo, n (pl ~s) tattooed picture or pattern 刺在皮膚上的圖案; 文身
His chest was covered in tattoos. 他的胸部刺滿了花紋.
[attrib 作定語]
a tattoo artist 文身的藝術家.