单词 | old-fashioned |
释义 | old-fashionedadj.adv.n. A. adj. (and adv.) 1. a. Of or resembling a fashion or style belonging to an earlier time; antiquated in form or character. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 59v Out of the medyan center..did ryse vp an olde fashioned vessell, and verie beautifull. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 64 They were old fashioned Poetry, but choicely good. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 38 The Old-fashion'd Presses..used here in England. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 308. ⁋2 An old-fashioned Grate consumes Coals, but gives no Heat. 1745 De Foe's Eng. Tradesman (1841) II. xliv. 156 Houses built thirty or forty years ago, are now old-fashioned and must be pulled down, to build more modish apartments. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. iii. 17 So remarkably accommodating were the old-fashioned accommodation stages and stage owners! 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 145 Good, old-fashioned, long skirts. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 104/2 Attempts to improve upon old-fashioned white lead paint for the most part have aimed at retarding chalking, checking and erosion. 1966 Caravan & Camping Nov. 29/2 There is nothing old fashioned about the interior except the gas lights. 1990 Computer Lang. Oct. 74/3 Just as in old-fashioned function calls, neither data nor objects really travel during program execution. 2008 J. D. Doss Snake Dreams xi. 59 A rural mom-and-pop grocery store and café that featured a couple of old-fashioned gas pumps. b. Of a plant: belonging to an old-established variety no longer common in cultivation. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > variety or species > [adjective] > of types of varieties or species old-fashioned1847 aggregate1859 isophorous1866 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. v. 131 A border..full of all sorts of old-fashioned flowers, stocks, sweet-williams, primroses, pansies, mingled with southernwood, sweet-briar, and various fragrant herbs. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. xvi. 285 Right and left of the path were first a bed of gooseberry-bushes;..next of old-fashioned flowers. 1898 Independent July 114/1 The old-fashioned marigold of Northern flower gardens. 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain i. 8 A herbaceous border..blazed in a sweet disorder of old-fashioned blossoms. 1960 F. C. Stern Chalk Garden v. 53 There are a number of ‘old-fashioned’ primroses which are great fun in the garden. 2002 J. Stanley Compl. Guide Garden Center Managem. xviii. 257 We are seeing growth in David Austin's old-fashioned roses, herbs, scented plants, and old-fashioned perennials. c. Originally U.S. Designating a cocktail typically made with rye whisky or bourbon, Angostura bitters, sugar, and water, served with ice and citrus fruit. Cf. sense B. 2.The old-fashioned cocktail is said to have been invented in the late 19th cent. at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky. It was probably so named because of its similarity to early whisky cocktails. ΚΠ 1878 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 1 Nov. I had to set up the wine; but I enjoy a quiet cocktail with a friend much better than all their hollow display. Let's go down and get an old-fashioned drink all to ourselves.] 1880 Chicago Tribune 15 Feb. 4/2 Hot-whiskies, Scotch and Irish,..sour-mashes, and old-fashioned cocktails were drank [sic] in honor of the event. 1893 Chicago Tribune 14 May 14/3 The old-fashioned cocktail affected by Southern men differs in its composition in various cities. 1895 G. J. Kappeler Mod. Amer. Drinks (heading) The old-fashioned whiskey cocktail.] 1901 Cocktail Bk. 27 (heading) Whiskey Cocktail—Old-fashioned. 1930 H. Craddock Savoy Cocktail Bk. i. 114 Old Fashioned Cocktail. 1 Lump Sugar. 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters. 1 Glass Rye or Canadian Club Whisky. 1963 E. Clarke Shaking in 60's 95 Old fashioned cocktail. Use a small heavy tumbler glass... Place in 1 lump of sugar..add a lump of ice..pour into the prepared glass 2 measures of Bourbon. 1990 Restaurant Hospitality Mar. 110 Bourbon, long a part of American culture—not to mention its being an important ingredient in Manhattan and Old Fashioned cocktails. 2. Adhering to values, attitudes, or tastes of an earlier time; conservative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. old-fashioned1596 musty1603 mildewed1605 fusty1609 wormy1611 frumpy1746 fossila1770 arriéré1814 has-been1819 Rip Van Winkleish1829 frumpish1847 archaistic1850 fogey1852 fogeyish1852 old fogeyish1853 rusty-fusty1864 mossbacked1876 dead-handed1928 Victorian1934 unhep1939 unhip1939 dinosaurian1943 square1946 dinosaur-like1947 dinosauric1977 analogue1993 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B2 Thou wilt..not suffer any of these indigent old fashiond iudgements to carry it away. 1687 T. Brown Cal. Reform'd in Duke of Buckingham et al. Misc. Wks. (1704) 223 Those old-fashion'd Sparks, yonder. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 499. ¶7 Will. is one of those old-fashioned Men of Wit and Pleasure of the Town. 1772 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 191 His taste is terribly fogrum & old fashioned. a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 56 People, like me, old fashioned enough to consider, that [etc.]. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 87 I'm old-fashioned, and behind the time. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 30 You have come back to a family who have old-fashioned notions. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 156 Edgar knew she smoked in private, but he held very strong and marvellously old-fashioned views, so it seemed to Lucia, about women smoking in public. 1939 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese (ed. 6) 460 Up-to-date garb and manners make the geisha appear prim and old-fashioned. 1989 Empire Sept. 97/3 An old-fashioned mother tries to come to terms with her daughter's need to get the hell out and have some fun. 2008 L. Lowry Willoughbys i. 11 Once upon a time there was a family named Willoughby: an old-fashioned type of family, with four children. 3. Having the characteristics of a grown-up person; precocious, intelligent, knowing, cunning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [adjective] > esp. of children bright1707 sharp1837 old-fashioned1841 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop xxxiv. 286 There never was such an old-fashioned child in her looks and manner. She must have been at work from her cradle. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time ii. 18 I suppose at this age I must have been very old-fashioned. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. (at cited word) The pony was a bit old-fashioned, and could open the gate with his mouth. 1939 P. Gallagher My Story 16 in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 201/2 The old-fashioned fellows who went over the roads before advised us to take off our shirts to save ourselves from vermin. 1957 J. Kirkup Only Child iv. 79 The children would stare at it [sc. a red pebble],..nodding their heads with ‘old-fashioned’ seriousness. It gave..distinction to our backyard. 1990 N. Hill Death grows on You (1992) v. 63 His hair cut into a slightly schoolboy fringe across his forehead, hornrimmed glasses, yes, Marcus was the same. In Ulster terms he would be described as ‘old-fashioned’. 4. Disapproving, sullen, reproachful, used esp. of facial expression. Also as adv.: in a disapproving, reproachful or quizzical manner. Frequently in to give (a person) an old-fashioned look, to look old-fashioned at (a person).Quot. 1911 may belong in sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb] unfavourably1460 frowningly1556 unhappily1623 badly1660 disapprovingly1759 avertedly1867 pejoratively1890 old-fashioned1911 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression cheeredc1225 fieryc1390 hanging-dog1667 hang-dog1677 rock-faced1741 anxious-looking1809 sparkling1837 quizzical1859 poutful1886 old-fashioned1911 rock-like1948 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xvii. 181 She..examined them with a solemn savage little face. She looked so sour and old-fashioned that the nurse turned her head aside to hide the twitching of her mouth. a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 13 No, ma'am, you needn't look old-fashioned at me. 1926 S. Jameson Three Kingdoms vi. 154 Laurence listened, said: ‘Oh. Bring her up in two minutes,’ and gave Macdougal what he mentally classified as an old-fashioned look. 1933 E. Williams Late Christopher Bean ii. 51 I was wrong thinking wrong things, and acting so old fashioned with you. 1943 P. Cheyney You can always Duck i. 15 She looks at me sorta old-fashioned. 1959 ‘R. Simons’ Houseboat Killings xiii. 133 The commissionaire gave them an old-fashioned look as they spun the revolving doors, but it was lost on Wace. 2010 L. Dean Old Romantic xvii. 83 Roger had given her an old-fashioned look and she'd had to stop herself smiling. B. n. 1. a. With the. That which is old-fashioned; the style or character of things which are old-fashioned (see sense A. 1a). ΚΠ 1816 G. Crabb Eng. Synonymes Explained 643/1 The oldfashioned is opposed to the fashionable: there is much in the oldfashioned to like and esteem. 1877 Musical Standard 11 Aug. 87/2 Handel is frequently old-fashioned (especially in his airs), and the old-fashioned is becoming, more and more, obsolete. 1904 Daily Chron. 7 Jan. 3/3 She..does not hesitate to lean to the old-fashioned if occasion require. 1986 M. Visser Much Depends on Dinner 316 Rusticity in modern life is of course closely associated with the old-fashioned. 2000 D. McGimpsey Imagining Baseball ii. 63 As important as the allure of the natural and the old-fashioned are, the guarantees of access to public transport..and comfortable facilities are just as pressing. b. Old-fashioned people considered as a class. ΚΠ 1839 Q. Rev. Jan. 180 The new-fashioned are the ‘liberals’ of Judaism, the old-fashioned are governed by the opposite principle. 1856 G. Brown Inst. Eng. Gram. (rev. ed.) vi. 37 The old fashioned are apt to think the world grows worse. 1890 Sat. Rev. 8 Nov. 534/2 The good people of Northbury, the old-fashioned, are simple and commonplace. 1925 G. K. Chesterton in Illustr. London News 6 June 1094/3 If they [sc. the extremes] seem extravagant, it is only to the old-fashioned or the indifferent who are not in the movement. 1990 L. D. Harman in C. D. Bryant Deviant Behavior ii. ii. 69 The old-fashioned are needed by the community in order to validate the goodness of the new and the necessity of adhering to the fashionable. 2002 L. O'Dell Shakespearean Scholarship 6 There seems to be endless jousting as the old-fashioned are mocked into silence and the newcomers fight to receive a serious hearing. 2. Originally U.S. An old-fashioned cocktail (see sense A. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1912 Rudder Nov. 216/1 After drinking an ‘old-fashioned’ or two at the Country Club, we were deposited at our respective yachts. 1932 N.Y. Herald Tribune 20 Jan. 15/2 I want an old-fashioned, waiter. 1936 M. Hillis Live Alone & Like It ix. 107 Old-Fashioneds come into the economy class.., because..you make them singly, and usually people don't expect two. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 237 He charged ten cents more for old-fashioneds than Bill's did. 1975 M. Duke Death of Holy Murderer ix. 111 We're drinking old-fashioneds beside the swimming pool. 1984 E. Wilson Mrs Golightly & First Convent. in R. Sullivan Stories by Canad. Women 67 When she got down to the Tap Room everyone was having Old-fashioneds. 1990 Raritan Spring 11 At home, in some happy hour, some patriarch, avidly mixing, discovered that bitters makes the old-fashioned better. 2003 T. Cecchini Cosmopolitan 64 Those timeless mixes—the Daiquiri, the Margarita, the Whiskey Sour, the Sidecar, the Old-Fashioned. Compounds old-fashioned glass n. a short tumbler in which an old-fashioned (see sense B.) may be served, spec. one holding four to six ounces. ΚΠ 1937 Life 8 Nov. 79 (advt.) Gin Sling—For each drink, 1 lump sugar in Old Fashioned glass. 1949 B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore iv. i. 561 Get a Sazerac glass: a great big thick-bottomed thing which is nothing more nor less than an Old Fashioned glass blown up to twice normal size. 1994 Hispanic June 60/1 They can be served in a stemmed cocktail glass or on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass. old-fashioned looking adj. of an old-fashioned or dated appearance. ΚΠ 1804 Walker's Hibernian Mag. May 265/2 The castle is a lofty old-fashioned looking building, having more of the Egyptian magnificence, than of the Grecian elegance. 1861 All Year Round 20 Apr. 80/1 A solemn, old-fashioned-looking black cane. 1991 Advertising Age 23 Sept. 20/2 The new stuff is made to order for stirring a wave of new..commercials, spots that are static, even b&w and old-fashioned looking. 2001 J. Arnette Gun Dog Chron. ix. 67 Photographs of hunting trips, of old-fashioned-looking men with dogs and birds, and of dogs alone. old-fashioned waltz n. a waltz played in quick time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > ballroom dancing > [noun] > waltz > types of waltz slow waltz1804 Viennese waltz1842 trois-temps1859 deux-temps1860 old-fashioned waltz1863 Boston1879 hesitation1914 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. v. 134 Alfred took his partner delicately; they made just two catlike steps forward, and melted into the old-fashioned waltz. 1898 Cent. Mag. Mar. 745/1 Here he swayed from side to side a moment, then broke into the old-fashioned waltz to the tune of his own whistle. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 787/2 The old-fashioned tango is not so dissimilar to the modern, and there are still many sincere lovers of the old-fashioned waltz left. 2006 J. C. Behrens Big Bands & Great Ballrooms 79 Chicago was a city that enjoyed ballads. . .even the old fashioned waltz was given a new treatment. old-fashioned winter n. a winter marked by snow and hard frost. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > winter midwinterOE wintertideOE winterOE wintertimea1398 hiemsc1450 snow-time1535 dead of winter1548 after-winter1593 back-winter1599 snow1778 ice queen1818 old-fashioned winter1829 1829 Worcester (Mass.) Talisman 24 Jan. 175/2 Although the old fashioned winter had..great coldness in his manner, he used to bring in his train a host of comforts, to which his presence added double zest. 1855 Littell's Living Age 21 Apr. 161/2 Columbine had hardly proceeded a dozen yards when she had twice as many offers made her of arms whereon to find support over the slippery pavement; for it was an old fashioned winter in Wakefield. 1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xiii. 86 We never seem to have old-fashioned winters nowadays. 2004 B. Rock in W. Tyson Pitch Perfect (2010) xiii. 133 While some may consider this a ‘good old fashioned winter’, it bears little resemblance to those of the 1950s or '60s. Derivatives ˌold-ˈfashionedly adv. in an old-fashioned manner. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adverb] > in an old-fashioned manner anciently1588 out1660 old-fashionably1764 old-fashionedly1808 frumpishly1927 frumpily1934 neolithically1934 1808 Antiquity 28 I'll have a capon, and—whatever else you please, only dress it all as old-fashionedly as you can. 1853 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 218 It is comfortably but plainly and old-fashionedly furnished. 1908 Mind 17 280 Mr. Davidson's philosophical exegesis may read a little old-fashionedly..but he speaks with no little authority and great conviction. 1995 Independent on Sunday 23 July (Review Suppl.) 34/2 Piety laid on this thick and old-fashionedly is as unpersuasive as the techno-speak that is in love with selfish genes and territorial imperatives. ˌold-ˈfashionedness n. the quality or condition of being old-fashioned. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness staleness1552 surannation1656 superannuation1658 antiquation1659 fustinessa1661 antiquateness1664 antiquatedness1730 superannuity1781 innovelty1783 old-fashionedness1817 square-toedness1846 fossilism1861 obsolescence1887 old-timiness1887 frumpishness1889 old-fangledness1895 out-of-dateness1915 datedness1933 outdatedness1953 time warp1965 1817 Edinb. Monthly Mag. 1 590 Old age was the ton—old fashionedness the rage. 1886 Athenæum 27 Mar. 421/3 She has given a pleasing air of old-fashionedness to her language. 1946 Jrnl. Philos. 43 431 Once more Toynbee himself furnishes proof of the illusory nature of the old-fashionedness of the southern Chinese. 2007 M. Koven Selves in Two Langs. i. iii. 47 By critiquing the backwardness/old-fashionedness of both their parents' Portuguese and the old-fashionedness it evokes, they may assert their own hipness. 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