| 单词 | old-fashioned |
| 释义 | old-fashioned 1. adjective B1 Something such as a style, method, or device that is old-fashioned is no longer used, done, or admired by most people, because it has been replaced by something that is more modern. The house was dull, old-fashioned and in bad condition. There are some traditional farmers left who still make cheese the old-fashioned way. 2. adjective B1 Old-fashioned ideas, customs, or values are the ideas, customs, and values of the past. She has some old-fashioned values and can be a strict disciplinarian. ...good old-fashioned English cooking. Synonyms: oldfangled, square [informal], outdated, old Collocations: old-fashioned feel This device, though amusing in its way, serves to increase the old-fashioned feel. Times, Sunday Times The whole event had a marvellously old-fashioned feel to it. Times, Sunday Times Its quaint, old-fashioned feel extends to the interior and the hardwood floors and dark wood bedframes. Times, Sunday Times But the contents have a distinctly old-fashioned feel about them. The Times Literary Supplement The names had a distinctly old-fashioned feel to them and the methodology even more anachronistic. Times, Sunday Times If you are happy that the old-fashioned method still works for you, then stick with it. Times, Sunday Times The old-fashioned method involves dangling an object over a pregnant tummy. The Sun This time you're going to have to fall back on the old-fashioned method of conflict resolution. ST If you prefer the old-fashioned method of keeping cash at hand, don't wait until the last minute to buy your foreign currency. Times, Sunday Times I prefer the old-fashioned method of doing business, which in its own way could be brutal, too. Times, Sunday Times Ah yes, the charmingly old-fashioned notion that one might wear clothes more than once. Times, Sunday Times An old-fashioned notion, perhaps, but not an unwelcome one. Times,Sunday Times Or, old-fashioned notion this, to the building that best fulfils its brief, be it a bicycle shed or a cathedral? Times, Sunday Times These extend the old-fashioned notion of pooling the knowledge of friends and family to a vast audience. Times, Sunday Times An absurdly romantic and old-fashioned notion, maybe, but some endangered species are worth preserving. Times, Sunday Times As the novel begins, we find him reciting the tale from memory, recalling with fondness its old-fashioned romance. The Times Literary Supplement It's an old-fashioned romance with a stirring score and sizzling on-screen chemistry between the two leads. Times,Sunday Times Even some old-fashioned romance, too. Times, Sunday Times Does old-fashioned romance still exist? Times, Sunday Times A novel take on old-fashioned romance. Times, Sunday Times There's an old-fashioned rose garden, bandstand, and a playground for under-fives. The Sun The old-fashioned rose garden, the wild-flower meadow, the long border that shades from hot to cool colours down its length, the pleached fruit trees, the octagonal summerhouse ... Times, Sunday Times It means old-fashioned roses falling out of apple trees. Times, Sunday Times Sniff old-fashioned roses that have gone over, newly tarred roads and something like cedar. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, the pots and borders are filled with flowers — old-fashioned roses, oleander, bougainvillea, poppies, clematis and geraniums, largely in shades of pink and red. Times, Sunday Times At their best, his pared-down diction and old-fashioned style have an effortless if unmodulated grace. The Times Literary Supplement It's a big performance in the old-fashioned style. Times, Sunday Times Later in his career, his old-fashioned style became as much ridiculed as loved. Times, Sunday Times Hall was also a painter, though he was typically a copyist, working in a stiff old-fashioned style. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This particular old-fashioned style of windlass was one that required workers to continually remove and re-insert handspikes (wooden leverage bars) into the device to turn its gears. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has some funny stories and, in his own way, some old-fashioned values. Times, Sunday Times Many enjoy and have become used to life-long learning and continuing education, and many are still marked by old-fashioned values of commitment and loyalty. Times, Sunday Times We have old-fashioned values applied in a modern way. Times, Sunday Times It's a duality he shares with his brand: simultaneously adhering to old-fashioned values while using supremely modern marketing techniques to promote them. Times, Sunday Times I don't see why we should not expect similar old-fashioned values from modern environmentalists. Times, Sunday Times Elsewhere, in the theatres, the old-fashioned variety bill has given way to variety of a different kind. Times, Sunday Times So, not comedy gold but an old-fashioned variety act that got lucky, then. Times, Sunday Times This old-fashioned variety has frilly, dusky, red-purple flowers, 6cm across, with extended outer sepals. Times, Sunday Times Well, the old-fashioned varieties are reluctant to make a second flush of flowers, whereas the modern ones get busy at once. Times, Sunday Times Some old-fashioned varieties are huge and need staking, but most readily available echinaceas are self-supporting and grow from 18in to 3ft. Times, Sunday Times They are both as understated as they are high achieving and reflect the old-fashioned virtues of hard work and loyalty. Times,Sunday Times I want the old-fashioned virtues: stony dryness, sharp acidity, punchy tannins. Times, Sunday Times The old-fashioned virtues of politeness, honesty and loyalty came naturally to him. Times, Sunday Times There's a common view that too many current jazzers rely on fearsome technique and not enough on old-fashioned virtues like melody or soul. Times, Sunday Times Sadly, though, it seems those old-fashioned virtues don't count for a lot in the modern game. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 过时的 Japanese: 時代遅れの |
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