| 单词 | old-fashioned |
| 释义 | old-fashioned (once / 438 pages) adj Something that's old-fashioned is out of style or from the past. You could call an antique telephone old-fashioned, and you could also describe your elderly grandfather this way. Out-of-date clothes, like your aunt's wardrobe of 1980's dresses with shoulder pads, are old-fashioned. Soda fountains, carriages pulled by horses, and typewriters are all old-fashioned as well. These things are either not currently popular, or they're just plain old. There is also a whisky-based mixed drink called an old-fashioned which is still served in many stylish bars and restaurants. WORD FAMILYold-fashioned USAGE EXAMPLESMy point isn’t that we spend hours or a fortune in the kitchen, just that we adopt an old-fashioned approach where we avoid processed food. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Barnips Lozenges, Coltsfoot Rock, and Teddy Gray's Herbal Tablets are among the old-fashioned restoratives still occupying a place in our medicine cabinets. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, he attributed his win to “old-fashioned, handshaking, razzle-dazzle campaigning.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016) adj out of fashion Syn antique, demode, ex, old-hat, outmoded, passe, passee unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion |
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