newfangled

英 [njuː'fæŋg(ə)ld] 美 [,nu'fæŋɡld]
  • adj. 新奇的;新流行的;最新式的
  • v. 使流行(newfangle的过去式及过去分词)

中文词源


newfangled 新奇时髦的

new,新的,fang,牙齿,咬。引申词义咬住最新的,与时俱进的,新奇时髦的。

英文词源


newfangled
newfangled: see fang
newfangled (adj.)
late 15c., "addicted to novelty," literally "ready to grasp at all new things," from adjective newefangel "fond of novelty" (late 14c.), from new + -fangel "inclined to take," from root of Old English fon "to capture" (see fang). Sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1530s. Fanglement "act of fashioning; something made" is from 1660s. Middle English had gar-fangel "fish-spear."

双语例句


1. I don't like all these newfangled gadgets.
这些新潮玩意儿我不都喜欢.

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2. We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas about education!
我们需要更好的老师, 而不是新奇的教育想法!

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3. Those newfangled inventions are no better than my old machines.
那些新奇发明品不及我的旧机器.

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4. We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas of education!
我们需要更好的教师, 而不是新花样的教育思想!

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5. You and your newfangled notions!
又来了,又是你那些时髦儿货色.

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