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单词 old-fashioned
释义 old-fashioned
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1.
 a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of a past era : ancient, antiquated
  < wears an old-fashioned black bow tie — Green Peyton >
  < old-fashioned houses, with their ornamental cornices and high gables — American Guide Series: Michigan >
  < men with the old-fashioned hellfire in their sermons — Atlantic >
  < suggested reviving old-fashioned home and classroom discipline with physical punishment — New York Times >
 b. : adhering to traditions or standards of a past era : conservative
  < my mother's family … more old-fashioned, more pious, and in a word more Victorian even than the English county families of the time — Harold Nicolson >
 c. : reminiscent of the past : nostalgic, quaint
  < two editions, one of them bound in old-fashioned blue gingham — H.H.Reichard >
  < attendants carried old-fashioned bouquets — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
2. : out of date : supplanted by something more modern : obsolete
 < thirty old-fashioned propeller planes — J.A.Michener >
 < old-fashioned methods for making maple sugar — Murray Schumach >
 < propaganda — the old-fashioned name for psychological warfare — George Fischer >
3. dialect chiefly England : of a mature or intelligent nature : knowing
 < the collie … had turned on him an old-fashioned eye — John Buchan >
4. : growing wild : of early hybrid origin — used especially of a rose
old-fash·ioned·ly adverb
II. adverb
Etymology: old-fashioned (I)
1. dialect chiefly England : in a knowing way : quizzically
2. : in an outmoded way : quaintly
 < a dress … cut kind of old-fashioned — J.B.Benefield >
III. noun
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Etymology: old-fashioned (cocktail)
1. : a cocktail usually made of whiskey, bitters, sugar, a twist of lemon peel, and a small amount of water or soda, served with ice, and often garnished with fruit (as orange, pineapple, maraschino cherry)
2. : a short broad glass usually with a flared top, a sham bottom, and a capacity of seven or eight ounces
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