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单词 hypermodern
释义

hypermodern

adjective

hy·​per·​mod·​ern ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dərn How to pronounce hypermodern (audio)
1
: extremely modern
What Murphy finds remarkable about SpaceX is its hypermodern corporate culture. Chuck Sweeny
In a country that's hypermodern in many regards, "Secrets, Objects," shines an uncomfortable spotlight on the still very traditional mores of marriage and the identity of wives vis-a-vis husbands. John Glionna
2
chess : characterized by a set of strategies developed in the early 20th century that include the control of the center of the chessboard by means of distant pieces rather than more centrally located pawns
Hypermodern chess came into vogue after World War I and posed a real dilemma to the existing classical school of chess theory of: "What to do?" Harold Dondis and Chris Chase
hypermodernism
ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dər-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce hypermodern (audio)
noun
or hyper-modernism
Indeed, the whole thrust of hypermodernism [in chess] was to lure the opponent forward prematurely, cut off his supply lines and slaughter the arrogant advance units. Robert Byrne
hypermodernist
ˌhī-pər-ˈmä-dər-nist How to pronounce hypermodern (audio)
adjective
or hyper-modernist
I had always known from afar that Halston dressed upscale New York women in clothes so unadorned they were hypermodernist compared to Europe's fanciful fashion. Suzy Menkes
It boasts a selection of architectural wonders that ranges from surviving railway-boom warehouses to 20th-century modernist buildings to a handful of hyper-modernist structures. Bartley Kives
hypermodernist noun
or hyper-modernist
plural hypermodernists or hyper-modernists
Dedicated hypermodernists don't read the books they intend to collect. They read "reading" copies. Christa Worthington

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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