| 释义 |
trendoid, a. and n. colloq. (orig. U.S.). Chiefly with derog. connotation.|ˈtrɛndɔɪd|
[f. trendy a. and n. + -oid.]
A. adj. Trendy; self-consciously or extravagantly fashionable.
1979Washington Post 27 Dec. d7/3 There's..a trendoid record company executive who seduces the daughter who was fooling around with someone else in the first scene. 1988Newsday 30 Mar. ii. 9/3 A couple of nice down-to-earth ghosts try to rid their home of the trendoid humans who are wreaking esthetic havoc on the place in this essentially silly comedy. 1990Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. vii. 4/3 Food isn't supposed to be some sort of trendoid object, it's supposed to feed your body and soul and the things that matter.
B. n. One who sets or follows fashions; a trendy.
1985Los Angeles Times 22 Nov. v. 22/3 Anytime I go somewhere with super-hip trendoids, it gives me a bad taste for just about everything. 1987Washington Post 25 July b3/2 [She] arrives in L.A. prim and prissy but undergoes a radical lifestylectomy and turns into..‘an unchained Beverly Hills trendoid’. 1988Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 31 Aug. 41/1 Young trendoids..gather there in large numbers on Saturday afternoons to strut their stuff or simply admire the stuff being strutted by others. 1989Bon Appetit Sept. 20/2 You are well within your homeowners' rights to evict any trendoid who sullies the beer with lime. |