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单词 fad
释义
fad
noun[C]
uk
/fæd/us
/fæd/
astyle,activity, orinterestthat is verypopularfor ashortperiodoftime:
一时的风尚；短暂的狂热
thelatesthealthfad最新健康时尚
UKThere was a fadforwearingrippedjeansa fewyearsago.几年前有一阵子流行穿有洞的牛仔裤。
Synonyms
craze
fashion(POPULAR STYLE)
mania(STRONG INTEREST)disapproving
mode(FASHION)
style(FASHION)
trend
vogue
Compare
cultnoun
mania(STRONG INTEREST)disapproving
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
fashion
  • fashionFashion trends for the season include light, cool fabrics.
  • styleA crisp navy suit will always be in style.
  • trendThe trend is now to wear skirts longer.
  • fadLet's hope this obsession with celebrity lifestyles is just a fad.
  • crazeCycling shorts were the latest craze that year.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Passionate or passing interests
  • centrism
  • craze
  • cult
  • drug
  • eat
  • eat, sleep, and breathesomethingidiom
  • faddish
  • faddism
  • fancy
  • geekery
  • kick
  • mania
  • passion
  • passion project
  • religion
  • ruling
  • someone's ruling passionidiom
(Definition offadfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fad| American Dictionary

fad
noun[C]
us
/fæd/
astyleoractivitythatsuddenlybecomespopularbut which usually does notstaypopularfor verylong:
Hethoughtcomputerswould be just a fad.
(Definition offadfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffad

fad
The one party one would expect to resist fads and stay true to its principles was compelled to follow a more bewitching siren.
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It may be the case that the diffusion of privatisation was the result merely of imitating the policies of others and their fads and fashions.
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This style of writing would become a major component of the national discofadof the 1970s, which invariably used orchestral string sections.
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This may mean a plurality of images of health, but these may also be subject to media-generated fads.
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But it e could also be a case of more upmarket resorts aping an olderfadfor staged animal fights.
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Others, while conscientiously working to emphasize the cultural status of a writer, end up merely pandering to popular tastes, promoting literary fads.
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She adds that it may just be a passingfad.
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It was a new scientific discourse, but phrenology was also a public rage, a sweepingfad, a craze.
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The southern half of the main roof provided a private terrace for nude sunbathing, following the healthfadof the day.
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You have to apply a lot of judgment, so that you don't go running off on some nonproductivefad.
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This is a straightforward way of incorporating into analysis nonprice variables that affects choices, such as congestion, fads, or information contagion.
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Thefadfor equestrian portraiture was launched in the early 1860s.
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I sympathize with the detractors, sharing their dislike for commodity culture and their revulsion at the transformation of aesthetics into a brand orfad.
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One became as it were vaccinated against fads.
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It is contrasted with quick success, temporary fads, throw-away commodities, and cultural fast-food.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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