单词 | flavour of the month |
释义 | > as lemmasflavour of the month (or week) d. flavour of the month (or week) (originally U.S.): an ice-cream flavour featured during a particular period; now frequently figurative, something that is currently fashionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > available for limited period flavour of the month (or week)1946 the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet > popular people's choice1706 flavour of the month (or week)1979 1946 Ice Cream Rev. Sept. 72/2 Illinois Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers has set up a committee which will give serious study to a suggested flavor and flavor-of-the-month program for 1947. 1949 Boston Daily Globe 25 Aug. 22/1 (advt.) Ice Cream Flavor of the Week special. Maple nut only. 25c pint. 1955 Ice Cream Field Mar. 77/2 (advt.) Run any ripple flavor as your flavor of the month—every month of the year. 1968 Dairy & Ice Cream Field July 49/3 The routes will offer four standard flavors and special flavor-of-the-month ice cream. 1979 Washington Post 20 Sept. d2/1 Young Dan Quisenberry, the Royals' bullpen flavor of the month in their shattered relief corps, got five final outs in a row for a save. 1983 Financial Times 5 Nov. 28/6 The U.S. investment banks have been doing their bit—GEC is their flavour of the week. 1984 Austral. Financial Rev. 9 Nov. 17/2 This ranks Australia second only to Hawaii as the most popular holiday spot... ‘Australia is the flavour of the month,’ as Mr Brian Walsh put it. 1986 Times 19 Feb. 19/1 Synergy is the flavour of the week. < as lemmas |
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