核心畫面
Made in the fashion of an earlier time. Picture a coat, a word, or a machine that still works, but everyone can see it belongs to how things were done years ago, not to how they are done now.
可以想成一件從舊時代留下來的東西被擺到今天的街上:外套的剪裁、講話的用詞、那台機器的操作方式,都還是好幾十年前那一套…更多收起
可以想成一件從舊時代留下來的東西被擺到今天的街上:外套的剪裁、講話的用詞、那台機器的操作方式,都還是好幾十年前那一套。它不見得壞了、也不見得不好用,只是一眼就看得出「這不是現在的做法」。這個字本身就是 old(舊)+ fashion(樣式)拼起來的,字面就是「舊樣式的」。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
old-fashionedadj/oʊldˈfæʃənd/
- 1
Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.
- My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.
- Miss Menie, we should mention, has a commendable desire to sell her oldest-fashioned articles first; indeed, we believe that something of the sort has always been common among mercers. It is true, that the most conscientious of the trade make a point, in such cases, to say nothing of the fashionableness of the patterns, but in proportion to the care with which they do this, they enlarge on the good qualities of the texture and durability.
- 2
Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times and the old-style ways.
- You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.
- The people of Marken may almost be regarded as the oldest-fashioned in the world. They adhere to the same picturesque costume as was worn by their ancestors three hundred years ago, and their houses are built in the same primitive style as in those days.
old-fashionednoun/oʊldˈfæʃənd/
- 1
A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.
- Old John was mixing Old Fashioneds and every now and then he would turn and stare at the record case with an expression of great loathing.
- Bond took a shower and changed and walked down the road and had two Bourbon old-fashioneds and the Chicken Dinner at $2.80 in the air-conditioned eating house on the corner that was as typical of ‘the American way of life’ as the motel.
- 2
A type of doughnut with a cakelike consistency and a rough surface, usually made with cultured buttermilk and chemical leaven and fried at a lower temperature.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。