trendy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trend·y1 /ˈtrendi/ adjective (comparative trendier, superlative trendiest) FASHIONABLEinfluenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas 时髦的;受新潮思想影响的 a trendy Bay Area restaurant 海湾地区一家时髦的餐馆► see thesaurus at fashionable —trendiness noun [uncountable]
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trendy• She only talks like that because she wants to sound trendy.• It's promoted by the natural-born hucksters within Apple because it has all the earmarks of something trendy and fashionable.• Trendy bars and restaurants are opening and inexpensive apartments in the area are getting hard to find.• And they have a trendy baseball cap.• For instance Sol, the beer sold in London's trendy cafe bars at £2 a time, is just 25p a bottle.• He has a trendy haircut and wears a dangling earring, but his accent is like his father's.• a trendy New York night club• They like to wear the cloak of socialism because it's trendy on the international stage.• a trendy street market in the centre of Paris• Delgado predicts that blonde hair will become trendy this summer.• With sinking heart Sly realized that he was in a burger joint that was too trendy to peel its potatoes.• The very first day her ad ran, she got a call for a hairpiece to be worn at a trendy wedding.• stylish South Beach cafes filled with trendy young couplestrendy2 noun (plural trendies) [countable] British English informal FASHIONABLEsomeone who tries hard to be fashionable and follows all the latest styles – used to show disapproval 时髦人物,追逐时尚的人〔含贬义〕 young trendies from art college 来自艺术学院的赶时髦的年轻人Examples from the Corpus
trendy• Ladies wear color and luxe fabrics, trendies wear black and industrial nylon.• I was thrown out by some irate trendy who kept muttering something about royalties.trend·y1 adjectivetrendy2 nounChineseSyllable
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trendy
trend‧y1 /ˈtrendi/
adjective (comparative trendier, superlative trendiest)
influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas:
a trendy Bay Area restaurant
—trendiness noun [uncountable]
▪ fashionable popular at a particular time: fashionable clothes | It was fashionable to have red hair. | His theories were fashionable in the 1980s.
▪trendy informal modern and fashionable – often used in a slightly disapproving or joking way: a trendy tie | a trendy restaurant | The area has become very trendy and a lot of artists live there.
▪stylish adjective fashionable and well-designed in an attractive way: She was wearing a stylish two-piece suit. | The furniture looked very stylish and modern.
▪cool adjective informal fashionable – used especially when you think someone or something looks good: Michael looked very cool in his dark jacket and sunglasses. | a cool shirt
▪happening [only before noun] informal adjective a happening place is fashionable and lively: London has always been a happening place.
▪be in fashion verb phrase to be fashionable at a particular time: The Sixties look is back in fashion.
▪in adjective informal fashionable at a particular time. In is not used before a noun, except in the phrases below: Pale colours are in. | New York was the in place to be. | Yoga has become the in thing to do.
trendy2
noun (plural trendies) [countable] British English informal
someone who tries hard to be fashionable and follows all the latest styles-used to show disapproval:
young trendies from art college
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adjective (comparative trendier, superlative trendiest)influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas:
—trendiness noun [uncountable]
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noun (plural trendies) [countable] British English informalsomeone who tries hard to be fashionable and follows all the latest styles-used to show disapproval: