| 单词 | dated |
| 释义 | dated (once / 427 pages) adj Something that's dated is very obviously old-fashioned or out of style. Your grandmother's expectation that you send her a written thank-you note whenever she gives you a gift might seem a little dated to you. Some people can wear thrift shop clothes from the 1980s and look stylish, while others just look dated. And while some movies are still funny even years after they're released, the jokes in others just seem dated. This word meaning "old-fashioned" has been around since the turn of the 20th century, from date, which means both "to mark with a date" and also "to mark as old-fashioned." WORD FAMILYdated: datedly, undated+/antedate: antedated, antedates, antedating/datable: undatable/date: antedate, datable, dateable, dated, dateless, dates, dating, foredate, misdate, postdate, predate/dateless: datelessly/dating: datings/misdate: misdated, misdates, misdating/postdate: postdated, postdates, postdating/predate: predated, predates, predating USAGE EXAMPLES“European engines in that period, many of them dated back to the prewar era. American engines were state-of-the-art designs.” Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Yes, “The Party” is dated, but Sellers’ comic expressions are timeless — and pricelessly funny. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) But there’s nothing dated about its sound here, especially as Mr. Harper tears into a tenor saxophone solo, around the five-minute mark. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past Syn unfashionable, unstylish not in accord with or not following current fashion |
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