fad
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fad /fæd/ noun [countable] DLFASHIONABLEsomething that people like or do for a short time, or that is fashionable for a short time 一时的狂热；时尚，风尚 Interest in organic food is not a fad, it’s here to stay. 对有机食品的兴趣不是一时的风尚，它是长久的喜好。 —faddish adjective —faddishness noun [uncountable]
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fad• They know this is just another fad.• Very trendy new hotel run by Christina Ong, the Met adheres to the current fad for minimalism.• Will upsizing be the next management fad?• It is only in the fashion or fad field that the later comers get badly burned.• This is not simply a passing fad.• Arts education may be the fad du jour.• It could be that old Henry Flagler himself started the fad, back when he started the town.Origin fad (1800-1900) Perhaps from fiddle-faddlefad nounChinese
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fad
fad /fæd/
noun [countable]
Interest in organic food is not a fad, it’s here to stay.
—faddish adjective
—faddishness noun [uncountable]
▪ fashion noun [uncountable and countable] a style of clothes, hair, behaviour etc that is fashionable. Fashion is also used as an uncountable noun, when talking about all of these styles in general: the latest fashions from Donna Karan | changing fashions in popular music | I'm not interested in fashion.
▪vogue noun [singular,uncountable] if there is a vogue for something, or it is in vogue, it is fashionable. Vogue sounds more formal and typical of the language that more educated speakers use than fashion: the current vogue for realistic animated films | There was a vogue for cream furniture in the 1920s. | His pictures are very much in vogue these days.
▪trend noun [countable] a way of doing something or a way of thinking that is becoming fashionable or popular: The magazine focuses on the latest trends in contemporary design. | The trend is for people to wait longer to marry and have children.
▪craze/fad noun [countable] informal a fashion, activity, type of music etc that suddenly becomes very popular, but only remains popular for a short time – often used about things that you think are rather silly: a new fitness craze | the current fad for bare white walls and uncomfortable-looking metal furniture | I'm sure it's just a passing fad (=something that will soon stop being fashionable). | fad diets
▪something is all the rage formal used when saying that something is very popular and fashionable for a short time: The game was all the rage at her school.
fad /fæd/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from fiddle-faddle
something that people like or do for a short time, or that is fashionable for a short time:Origin: Perhaps from fiddle-faddle
—faddish adjective
—faddishness noun [uncountable]
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