To make a pattern on cloth by tying string tightly round parts of it and then putting the whole thing in dye — coloured liquid. Where the string squeezes the cloth, the colour cannot get in, so those parts stay pale, and you get soft rings or spirals of colour when you untie it.

To make a pattern on cloth在布上做出圖案的方法，是by tying string tightly round parts of it把繩子緊緊綁在布的某些部分，and then putting the whole thing in dye — coloured liquid然後把整塊布放進dye（有顏色的液體）裡染。Where the string squeezes the cloth繩子把布擠壓的地方，the colour cannot get in顏色進不去，so those parts stay pale所以那些部分會保持淺色，and you get soft rings or spirals of colour when you untie it等你解開繩子的時候，就會出現柔和的圈狀或螺旋狀色塊。

It is a simple thing to do at home or in a school art class, which is why the word is common. It works as a verb ("we tie-dyed our T-shirts"), as a noun for the technique or the cloth ("she wears a lot of tie-dye"), and as an adjective, usually written tie-dyed before the noun ("a tie-dyed shirt").

It is a simple thing to do at home or in a school art class這是在家裡或學校美術課就能做的簡單事情，which is why the word is common所以這個字很常見。It works as a verb ("we tie-dyed our T-shirts")它可以當動詞用（「we tie-dyed our T-shirts」），as a noun for the technique or the cloth ("she wears a lot of tie-dye")可以當名詞指這種技法或布料（「she wears a lot of tie-dye」），and as an adjective, usually written tie-dyed before the noun ("a tie-dyed shirt")也可以當形容詞，通常寫成tie-dyed放在名詞前面（「a tie-dyed shirt」）。

The style is strongly linked in people's minds to the hippies of the 1960s, so calling clothes tie-dye can quietly suggest relaxed, arty, a bit unserious — though it comes back into fashion every few years and plenty of expensive brands sell it.

The style is strongly linked in people's minds to the hippies of the 1960s這種風格在人們心中跟1960年代的嬉皮強烈連結在一起，so calling clothes tie-dye can quietly suggest relaxed, arty, a bit unserious所以把衣服叫做tie-dye，會悄悄暗示一種輕鬆、藝術，有點不正經的感覺——though it comes back into fashion every few years and plenty of expensive brands sell it不過它每隔幾年就會重新流行起來，也有不少昂貴的品牌在賣。