| 单词 | switched-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswitched-off b. switched-on: aware of all that is considered fashionable and up to date. Cf. turned-on adj. at turned adj. Compounds. Less frequently, in contrast, switched-off. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective] infashionable1640 unfashionable1660 unmodishc1665 unpolite1741 démodé1871 naff1964 switched-off1964 out1966 schleppy1966 dorky1970 dorked-out1974 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion fashion-monging1600 fashionable1609 fashionly1613 modish1652 mody1701 knowing1768 fadding1864 downtown1914 cool1918 fashion-conscious1951 switched-on1964 trendoid1979 fresh1984 kewl1990 1964 House & Garden Nov. 78/2 I..want..to open a department store which caters for switched-on people. 1966 Punch 29 June 946/1 But nowhere have I come across a word of guidance for the ‘out’ crowd—the vast, non-swinging, switched off, palateless, utterly without-it lot who dominate the community. 1967 N. Fitzgerald Affairs of Death viii. 141 They must be more switched on than I gave them credit for being. 1970 D. Devine Illegal Tender ii. 25 Her mother wasn't switched on, she knew nothing of modern fashion. 1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia xxv. 153 The fine beautiful free life. The switched-on scene. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iv. iii. 302 She had delivered the tapes to that switched-on black woman who worked for a newspaper. 1982 London Rev. Bks. 4 xxiv. 7/2 What Amis's sprezzatura is saying is that most of his readers are out of touch, old fogies, Prufrock retreads, switched-off. < as lemmas |
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