释义 |
‖ stilyaga|stɪˈljaga| Also stilyag. Pl. -gi. [Russ. (colloq.), lit. ‘stylish person’.] In the U.S.S.R.: a young person who affects stylish dress as an expression of rebellion, nonconformity, etc.
1955H. Hodgkinson Doubletalk 55 The stilyag who goes in for ‘style’ in his clothes. 1959Listener 5 Feb. 236/2 Soviet Russia has her..‘teddy-boys’, who are there called stilyagi. Ibid., The introspective, thoughtful, humble type has taken the place of the stilyaga. 1960Guardian 25 Feb. 4/1 Young people in Russia..wear the ‘stilyagi’ clothes that mark them as non-conformists. 1965‘A. Burgess’ in Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 317/2 A trip to Russia showed me that stilyagi behaved much like our own (as they were then) teddy-boys. 1973T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxiv. 129, I had difficulty in changing the money because one of the ‘stilyagi’ recognised me. |