1.fashionable:clothes,styles,placesoractivitiesthatarefashionablearepopularatthepresenttime,butwillprobablyonlybepopularforashorttime
例:
Thestoresellsfashionableclothesatpricesyoucanafford.(这家店卖的衣服又时髦价格又合适。)
2.cool:saidtoshowapprovalofsomethingthatisfashionable,interesting,orattractive-usedespeciallybyyoungpeople
备注:''cool''常用于口语中。
Hewaswearingthesereallycoolsunglasses.(他的太阳镜很酷。)
Manyyoungpeoplestartsmokingbecausetheythinkitlookscool.(很多年轻人觉得抽烟的样子很酷才开始抽烟。)
3.hot:veryfashionablenow
备注:''hot''是非正式的用法。
oneofthehotyoungwritersofthedecade(近十年来炙手可热的青年作家之一)
They'resupposedtobethehottestthingsincetheBeatles.(他们应该是继披头士乐队之后最流行的乐队了。)
4.trendy:veryfashionable,oftenforashorttime-usedespeciallyhumorouslyortoshowdisapproval
备注:''trendy''是非正式的用法。
atrendystreetmarketinthecenterofParis(巴黎市中心的潮流集市)
Delgadopredictsthatblondehairwillbecometrendythissummer.(德尔加多预计今年夏天会流行金色头发。)
Trendybarsandrestaurantsareopeningandinexpensiveapartmentsintheareaaregettinghardtofind.(这一区开了很多潮流酒吧和餐厅,租金便宜的公寓越来越难找了。)
5.stylish:welldesigned,andattractiveinafashionableway
Shewaswearingastylishblackdress.(她穿着一条很时髦的黑色裙子。)
stylishmodernfurniture(时髦的现代家具)
6.chic:veryfashionableinanexpensiveway,andshowingalotofgoodjudgmentaboutgoodstyle
TheyliveinachicapartmentoverlookingtheSeine.(他们的公寓时尚而有品位,可以俯瞰塞纳河。)
achicrestaurantinBoston(波士顿的一家时尚而有品位餐厅)
Theeastsideofthecityhasbecomeverychicinthepastfewyears.(过去这些年里,城东变得高档时髦起来。)
7.cult:fashionableandonlyknownaboutbyasmallgroupofpeople-usethisespeciallyaboutthingsorpeoplethatlaterbecomeveryfamous
AlexGarland'scultnovel'TheBeach'waslatermadeintoafilmstarringLeonardoDiCaprio.(艾力克斯·嘉兰的流行小说《迷离沙滩》后来被拍成电影,由莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥主演。)
1960scultbandTheVelvetUnderground(上世纪60年代的流行乐队——地下丝绒乐队)
8.in:fashionableatthepresenttime
备注:''in''是非正式的用法,它的反义词''out''(老土),也是日常口语中经常用的。
Purpleseemstobeinthisyear.(紫色今年好像很流行。)
betheinplace
Gstaadistheinplacetogoskiinginwinter.(冬天很流行去格斯塔德滑雪。)
theinthingtodo
Cyclingtoworkhasbecometheinthingtodo.(现在流行骑自行车去上班。)
9.hip:doingthingsordoneaccordingtothelatestfashion
备注:''hip''是非正式的用法。
TheSouthSideisbecomingareallyhipplacetolive.(最近南区成了新兴的住宅区。)
Ihateoldpeoplewhodressliketeenagersandthinkthey'rehip.(我很讨厌老年人打扮成十几岁人的样子还以为自己很时髦。)
10.happening:fashionableandexciting
备注:''happening''是非正式的用法。
Infourtofiveyears,thiswillbeahappeningfilmfestival.(在未来四五年间,这个电影节都算是时髦的了。)
Thetown'sOK,butnotwhatyou'dcallahappeningplace.(这个小镇算是还行,但称不上是潮流前线。)