单词 | mod |
释义 | mod (once / 2989 pages) adjn Something that's stylish or cutting-edge can be called mod. Your mod haircut and outfit might make you feel like the most fashionable person in your neighborhood. Just don't leave your hood. Mod is informal slang for modern, and the two words can be used interchangeably. You can also use mod to talk about the specific 1960s subculture of young jazz and soul fans and motor scooter enthusiasts. Young men and women who dressed in stylish, sophisticated suits and mini skirts, who favored Italian scooters and danced at clubs to R & B music were called mods, originally in contrast to the grungier "rockers." WORD FAMILYmod: moder, modish, mods+/modish: modishest, modishly, modishness USAGE EXAMPLESThe MoD said the death was "not the result of enemy activity" and an investigation is underway. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It was about music, style and scooter gangs, and they called themselves the Mods. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) In October 2013, the MoD sought innovative bids to keep illustrious in the UK. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) 1adj relating to a recently developed fashion or style Syn modern, modernistic fashionable, stylish being or in accordance with current social fashions 2n a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers Hyper adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
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