Tattoo

(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

• I have made a small study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the subject. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Lord Steyne made no reply except by beating the devil's tattoo and biting his nails. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A half-dressed boatman, standing next me, pointed with his bare arm (a tattoo'd arrow on it, pointing in the same direction) to the left. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He examined and admired the tattooing on the forehead and breast. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The fish that you have tattooed immediately above your right wrist could only have been done in China. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Across their foreheads were tattooed three parallel lines of color, and on each breast three concentric circles. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

校对:赛克