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单词 fashionable
释义 fash·ion·a·ble
I. \ˈfash(ə)nəbəl, ˈfaash-, ˈfaish-\ adjective
Etymology: fashion (I), fashion (II) + -able
1.
 a. : conforming to the custom, fashion, or established mode especially in dress or behavior : observant of the fashion : dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion
  < a fashionable lady >
  < a fashionable society >
  : in accordance with prevailing form or fashion : stylish, modish
  < a fashionable dress >
  < a fashionable hairdo >
 b. : of or belonging to the world of fashion : frequented or patronized by persons of fashion or by those who conform to fashion
  < the fashionable stores >
  < a fashionable vacation spot >
  : popular among those who conform to fashion
  < during the height of St. Martinville's fashionable period, steamboats landed passengers regularly at its door — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
  < eventually became a fashionable surgeon — Time >
  < there are some fashionable books that one must read, because they are ingredients of the talk of the day — T.L.Peacock >
  < went to Europe because it was the fashionable thing to do >
  < asking the fashionable questions of the moment — Max Beloff >
 c. : merely echoing or imitating thoughtlessly or irresponsibly a contemporary fashion rather than acting responsibly or with a full awareness of essential issues
  < the martyr-toned, bogus moralizing now fashionable among scientists and their hero worshipers — Time >
  < it is fashionable — and easy — to define tolerance in such a way as to evade all responsibility — Paul Blanshard >
  < an Age of Anxiety in which “escape” itself is becoming increasingly frequent and even fashionableCollege English >
  < a fashionable neurosis — Miriam Allott >
2. obsolete : capable of being shaped or molded
3. obsolete : of or belonging to mere outward show or form
4. obsolete : of good appearance
fash·ion·a·ble·ness \-bəlnə̇s\ noun -es
fash·ion·a·bly \-blē, -li\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
: a fashionable person
 < trying to keep up with the young fashionables of Rome — Grace Frick >
 < the fashionables were now arriving, including a number of chic Muslims wearing tasseled chechias above their handsomely tailored European clothes — A.J.Liebling >
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