核心畫面

Fashion moves like wind: it blows one way this season and another way next. Trendy means turned the way the wind is blowing right now. The word is about the direction, not the quality — which is why the same word can sound like praise from one speaker and a small dig from another, and why it always carries a hint that this will pass.

可以想成流行像風:這一季往這邊吹,下一季往那邊吹。trendy 就是「現在正對著風向」。它講的是方向,不是好壞。所以更多收起可以想成流行像風:這一季往這邊吹,下一季往那邊吹。trendy 就是「現在正對著風向」。它講的是方向,不是好壞。所以同一個字從不同人嘴裡出來,有時候是稱讚,有時候是輕輕刺一下。也因為風會轉,這個字裡面本來就藏著「這陣子過了就不是了」的意思。

From the word’s history

From trend + -y. Trend is the direction something is moving in, and -y means having that quality — so the word literally says "of the current direction".

字面上是 trend(潮流、風向)加 -y(帶有那個性質的),所以直譯就是「有風向味的」。這也解釋了為什麼它形容的從來不是東西本身好不好,而是它有沒有對著現在的風。

Wiktionary entry for trendy (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1084388072): "From trend + -y."

Two branches

對著現在風向的(形容詞)

這是核心畫面直接的用法:東西、地方或人正對著現在的風向。

adjective · B1

Following the newest fashions, styles or ideas. You can use it about a thing, a place or a person, and it is an informal word.

時髦的/趕流行的

一直轉身去對風向的人(名詞)

同一個畫面換成人:不是東西對著風向,而是一個人一直轉身去對風向,所以旁人看的是那個「一直轉」的動作。

noun · C1

A person who works hard at following every new fashion. A speaker who chooses this word is showing that they do not think much of that person.

趕時髦的人