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tony

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++to·ny /ˈtəʊni $ ˈtoʊ-/ adjective American English informal  FASHIONABLEfashionable and expensive 时尚的;昂贵的 We met in a tony restaurant uptown. 我们在市郊一家豪华的饭店见面。
Examples from the Corpus
tonyFirst located downtown, the shop now has a location in tony Chevy Chase and another at the Watergate.A woman who sold cosmetics at a tony Houston department store said she relied on sales associates to get customers.There will be a new chef at another sophisticated Bay Area restaurant, this one in tony Mill Valley.a tony resort hotelPanhandlers, empty storefronts and less tony stores are nearby in all directions.Sushi restaurants that cater to techies and tony taco bars overflow at lunchtime.
Origin tony (1800-1900) tone
to·ny adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus expensive fashionable and


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tony
tony /ˈtəʊni $ ˈtoʊ-/ adjective American English informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: tone
fashionable and expensive:
    We met in a tony restaurant uptown.


Tony
ˈTony Aˌward (also Tony) noun [countable]
a prize given to the best theatre actor, best actress, best play etc, shown in New York in a particular year


tonyBrE /ˈtəʊni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtoʊni/ 🔊 adjective (NAmE, informal, becoming old-fashioned) fashionable and expensive 豪华的;时兴而昂贵的


TonyBrE /ˈtəʊni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtoʊni/ 🔊 noun (
plural
Tonys
)
an award given in the US for achievement in the theatre 托尼奖(美国的舞台剧成就奖)