单词 | new |
释义 | new (once / 10 pages) 1adjadv 2adj 3adj 4adj If something's new, it has never been seen or discovered or invented before. Anything can be new: a country, an idea, a product. If you spend half an hour watching TV, you'll see an incredible selection of new items being advertised. There are lots of shades of meaning attached to new. For example, by its very nature something that's new is unfamiliar, and the two words are often used interchangeably. New can also mean something different from what has gone before — as in a new political strategy — or, as advertising would have you believe, something fresh and original, like that new and improved version of your favorite laundry detergent you just bought. WORD FAMILYnew: newer, newest, newly, newness, renew+/newness: newnesses/renew: renewable, renewal, renewed, renewing, renews/renewable: nonrenewable, renewably, unrenewable/renewal: renewals, self-renewal/renewed: renewedly, unrenewed/renewing: self-renewing USAGE EXAMPLESFor large-scale projects, the cost of new solar power in India is now cheaper than coal. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Shinde also oversees a new complaints system, which receives more than 300 messages from frustrated drivers every day. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) The inventors of the new process are two young chemists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1adj not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered a new law new cars a new comet a new friend a new year the New World Syn|Ant current occurring in or belonging to the present time freshrecently made, produced, or harvested modernbelonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages bran-new, brand-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-spanconspicuously new fresh(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again hot, red-hotnewest or most recent new-sprung, newbornhaving just or recently arisen or come into existence newfoundnewly discovered novel, refreshingpleasantly new or different parvenu, parvenueof or characteristic of a parvenu recentnew radical, revolutionarymarkedly new or introducing radical change risingnewly come into prominence sunriseof an industry or technology; new and developing untested, untriednot yet proved or subjected to testing unusednot yet put into use virginbeing used or worked for the first time youngbeing in its early stage old of long duration; not new noncurrentnot current or belonging to the present time stalelacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age nonmodernnot modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time age-old, antiquebelonging to or lasting from times long ago antediluvian, antiquated, archaicso extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period antiquemade in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age aulda Scottish word hand-down, hand-me-downpassed on from one person to another hoary, rustyancient immemoriallong past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history long-agobelonging to time long gone longtimeof long duration patchedmended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch secondhand, usedpreviously used or owned by another sunsetof a declining industry or technology yellow, yellowedchanged to a yellowish color by age pastearlier than the present time; no longer current wornaffected by wear; damaged by long use 2adv very recently 2grass new washed by the rain Syn fresh, freshly, newly 1adj original and of a kind not seen before Syn fresh, novel original being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of 2adj having no previous example or precedent or parallel Syn unexampled unprecedented having no precedent; novel 3adj unfamiliar new experiences experiences new to him errors of someone new to the job Syn unaccustomed not habituated to; unfamiliar with 4adj (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new 3she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them Syn newfangled original being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of 1adj lacking training or experience the new men were eager to fight Syn raw inexperienced, inexperient lacking practical experience or training 2adj unaffected by use or exposure it looks like new Syn|Ant unweathered not worn by exposure to the weather worn affected by wear; damaged by long use oldof long duration; not new agedat an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) attritedworn by rubbing or friction battereddamaged especially by hard usage clapped outworn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people) creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneworn and broken down by hard use dog-eared, earedworn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down eroded, scouredworn away as by water or ice or wind frayedworn away or tattered along the edges mangey, mangyhaving many worn or threadbare spots in the nap moth-eaten, mothyworn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths played outworn out raggedbeing or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn raddled, worn-outused until no longer useful moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tattyshowing signs of wear and tear scruffy, seedyshabby and untidy shopsoiled, shopwornworn or faded from being on display in a store tatterdemalion, tatteredworn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing threadbarehaving the nap worn away so that the threads show through thumbed(of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormyinfested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms waterworn(of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water weather-beaten, weathered, weatherwornworn by exposure to the weather well-wornshowing signs of much wear or use 3adj (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity 4new potatoes Syn young early being or occurring at an early stage of development adj other than the former one(s); different they now have a new leaders my new car is four years old but has only 15,000 miles on it ready to take a new direction Syn other not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied New (once / 20 pages) 1adj 2adj WORD FAMILY New: Newer, Newest USAGE EXAMPLESLast week, a survey for Uswitch suggested that consumers will carry an average outstanding sum of £636 on their credit cards into the New Year. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Tokyo stock markets remained closed for the New Year’s holiday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Most of the passengers were Indonesians celebrating the New Year’s holiday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adj used of a living language; being the current stage in its development 2Syn Modern late of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages adj in use after medieval times Syn late of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages |
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