| 释义 |
with-it, a. slang.|ˈwɪðɪt|
[f. vbl. phr. to be with it: see with prep. 22 f.]
Fashionable, up-to-date.
1962Listener 29 Nov. 909/2 Curtain designs for the really with-it ‘contemporary home’. 1963[see far-out a. b]. 1970J. G. Vermandel Dine with Devil ix. 52 The with-it Mr. Angel enjoyed a more subtle turn of mind. 1977J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe v. 94 The silly woman just thought it a with-it thing to say to a celebrated dramatist.
Hence ˈwith-it-ness.
1963Punch 22 May 752/1 The headlong rush of..social notabilities to win themselves the TW badge of with-it-ness. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 445 This has all paid off in terms of the audience ratings where the B.B.C. has been doing well in the last six months, winning the battle for the audience by its with-itness. |