| 单词 | to be hip to something |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get) hip to something 1. Aware, well-informed; in the know. Often in to be (also get) hip to something: to be or become aware of or well-informed about something.In early use chiefly amongst African Americans, in jazz, swing, etc., contexts: cf. hep adj. Later more widely adopted, and now often coloured by sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > well-informed hip1904 down1952 hipsterish1959 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart gallantc1420 galliard1513 fine1526 trickly1580 pink1598 genteel1601 sparkful1605 sparkish1657 jaunty1662 spankinga1666 shanty1685 trig1725 smartish1738 distinguished1748 nobby1788 dashing1801 vaudy1805 swell1810 distingué1813 dashy1822 nutty1823 chic1832 slicked1836 flash1838 rakish1840 spiffy1853 smart1860 sassy1861 classy1870 spiffing1872 toffish1873 tony1877 swish1879 hep1899 toffy1901 hip1904 toppy1905 in1906 floozy1911 swank1913 jazz1917 ritzy1919 smooth1920 snappy1925 snazzy1931 groovy1937 what ho1937 gussy1940 criss1954 high camp1954 sprauncy1957 James Bondish1966 James Bond1967 schmick1972 designer1978 atas1993 as fine as fivepence- the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective] world-wiseOE worldly-wisec1400 smart1571 shrewd1589 hard1655 sharp1697 auld-farrant1702 up to snuff1810 canny1816 savvy1826 worldly1829 lairy1846 facultized1872 sophisticated1895 hep1899 hip1904 streetwise1949 ready1967 kewl1990 1904 G. V. Hobart Jim Hickey i. 15 At this rate it'll take about 629 shows to get us to Jersey City, are you hip? 1926 Flynn's Weekly 16 Jan. 640/2 I sashayed for a legger an' run into a rube hip agent with a bottle and some jake which helped some. 1959 E. Hunter Matter of Conviction xi. 195 ‘Car aerials [used as weapons] are dispensable. Guns aren't.’ ‘You're hip to the car aerials, huh?’ 1976 Down Beat 17 June 16/2 How much of your audience do you think is hip to all the slang terminology you use? 1987 Amer. Speech 62 58 The adoption by whites of erstwhile black slang terms like hip during the late 1960s was a common talking point among blacks. 1996 Los Angeles Times 18 Sept. f2 I knew they would eventually get hip and see me on TV and say, ‘Let's go get him.’ 2012 L. Schulman Fallen Idols 173 I was hip to the folk music scene and once I heard the name David Gahr, I knew I was in the presence of royalty. < as lemmas |
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