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单词 fashionable
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Definition of fashionable in English:

fashionable

adjective ˈfaʃ(ə)nəb(ə)lˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • 1Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style.

    fashionable clothes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She woke up in a room that made the 70s look fashionable.
    • They reached short of the last two shirt buttons then and were considered quite fashionable.
    • They want to be dressed in fashionable clothing, wear fancy shoes and drive cool cars.
    • I have quite an eye for fashionable clothing and this garment caught my attention immediately.
    • Miri had a fashionable Chinese dress in pink with a black design on the back.
    • She is fortunate in having the face and figure to look good in very fashionable clothes.
    • I know it is fashionable to say that our predecessors never tried to settle anything.
    • The design was quite fashionable at the time and variations were common in Boston, Salem, and Portsmouth.
    • During the eighteenth century fashionable accessories became an important complement to a lady's attire.
    • Although this look can be considered trendier, the style keeps returning and is considered highly fashionable.
    • But the boom that began in Ireland in the mid-1990s has made the dependency argument less fashionable.
    • I hate the idea - increasingly fashionable in academic circles - that rules confine language.
    • The styles are as fashionable as you will find elsewhere, and the prices very competitive.
    • Clowning became more fashionable in the mid seventeenth century when interest in spectacle superseded that for dialogue.
    • Here, smart girls are able to draw conclusions about what are the most fashionable clothes this summer.
    • That quick cut-away style is quite fashionable now isn't it?
    • Nevertheless, it has long been fashionable to decry the actions of those who use their power.
    • But back home, it's fashionable to blame someone else and wallow in self pity and despair.
    • Remember when your mother said that being warm was more important than looking fashionable?
    • I don't see how pale skin can look fashionable if it makes you look sick.
    Synonyms
    in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, (bang) up to date, up to the minute, modern, all the rage, modish, trendsetting
    stylish, smart, chic, glamorous, elegant, classy, high-class, high-toned
    French à la mode, de rigueur
    informal trendy, with it, cool, in, the in thing, hot, big, massive, hip, happening, now, sharp, groovy, mod, swinging, snazzy
    North American informal kicking, kicky, tony, fly, spiffy, sassy, stylin'
    US informal on fleek
    British informal, dated all the go
    1. 1.1 (of a person) dressing or behaving according to the current trend.
      they risked being scoffed at by their more fashionable friends
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was being escorted to one of the off-campus parties by her new fashionable boyfriend, Shawn.
      • Today, eyes will turn from the parade rings to fashionable ladies and their outfits.
      • By the late 16th century, most fashionable patrons favoured fantastical Mannerist pieces for their displays.
      • The next day, another fashionable colleague told me she'd been to the same boutique sale.
      • He is no longer, and can never be again, the fashionable person that he was in the '80s.
      • The political banners on street walls were replaced by large pictures of beautiful and fashionable women.
      • Hopefully all the fashionable people from the Sheffield scene will be there and be dressed to kill.
      • At its peak, more than twenty thousand fashionable members of society made their way there each year.
      • There's a terrible conformism, a desire above all to have the names of the fashionable directors on the tip of one's tongue.
      • This promenade for fashionable men and women was now home to ragged wanderers.
      • For most fashionable people however, Scotland means knitwear and in particular cashmere - expensive cashmere.
      • Beginning in the 1890s fashionable ladies wore lorgnettes on elegant occasions.
      • He is as fashionable as any other young person in the city.
      • And fashionable waitresses with nice curves treat you with refreshing drinks.
      • I am accidentally fashionable - or rather I am accidentally a few years behind the curve, because it's mainstream now.
      • Fine kid leather gloves often appear among the accoutrements of fashionable ladies.
      • Some fashionable boys held a party last month at a local art studio.
      • To prove the point, his photographs show us fashionable women not just in relaxed poses but actually smiling and laughing.
      • They were popular for no other reason than that people believed they were fashionable.
      • I'm not the most fashionable person on the planet, but I'm not the least either.
    2. 1.2 (of a place) frequented by fashionable people.
      a fashionable Manhattan restaurant
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many of these are now in fashionable areas and, unlike those in areas suffering from social problems, are highly sought-after.
      • It became a fashionable area and many new houses were built.
      • Some of them though still find work at big shops on the fashionable streets in the City, at the cost of their pride.
      • By the 1890s, the island had become one of the most fashionable resorts on the East Coast.
      • It is now a fashionable area for shopping and eating.
      • It's long been a fashionable place to spend the summer and its charm lies in its unspoilt quality.
      • It made the British Library look like the most chic and fashionable location on earth.
      • The building's fashionable sushi restaurant is about to have an unexpected new neighbour.
      • The town was a fashionable health resort and this biscuit was introduced as a diet item.
      • Until the 90s, fashionable restaurants offered French cuisine, which meant rich sauces.
      • Competition for fashionable destinations can be stiff.
      • The real and full answer is that it is anything but a fashionable town and we have a list of disappointments to support that point of view.
      • As a supermodel, she visited the most fashionable cities in the world.
      • It became a fashionable place at which to be seen.
      • On the top floor, the famous Rainbow Room supper club had been returned to its former splendour and was a very fashionable place to dine.
      • The largest rises were seen in traditionally less fashionable areas fuelled by first-time buyers.
      • I do not believe that the real life of this nation is to be found in the great luxury hotels or so-called fashionable suburbs.
      • While it looks quaintly ancient on the outside, the bedrooms would sit just as easily in any fashionable city boutique hotel.
      • As well as being an affluent and a very exciting place to be, Manchester has a great reputation as a fashionable city and that is something that appealed to us a lot.
      • But these days, there's a farmers' market at the end of every fashionable street.

Derivatives

  • fashionability

  • noun faʃ(ə)nəˈbɪlɪti
    • This is reflected in product design which emphasizes durability rather than fashionability.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While the fashionability of different areas within Manhattan changes with bewildering swiftness, the Lower East Side has plenty beyond magazine cover stories to recommend it.
      • The Pop artists shot to fame and fashionability very swiftly, and were much celebrated in the press.
      • Stores and magazines promoted the fashionability of glass clocks, bookends, desk sets, and radios.
      • It's a dangerous strategy to sell a hotel mainly on its fashionability: fashions change, and when they do, you're apt to be left high and dry.
  • fashionableness

  • nounˈfaʃ(ə)nəb(ə)lnəsˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)lnəs
    • They were also meant to be seen by others, so as to reflect well on the taste and fashionableness of the lady presiding over tea.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One of the things that people like Eliot were fighting is this fashionableness of the revolutionary attitude.
      • So try to forget the details of the life, the speculation of suicidal intent, his eventual fashionableness, forget all of it.
      • And even when the muff is displayed in such a way as to underscore its identity as a fashion accessory, the accent of its representation fails more on its fashionableness than on its function or utility.
 
 

Definition of fashionable in US English:

fashionable

adjectiveˈfæʃ(ə)nəb(ə)lˈfaSH(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • 1Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular trend or style.

    fashionable clothes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although this look can be considered trendier, the style keeps returning and is considered highly fashionable.
    • That quick cut-away style is quite fashionable now isn't it?
    • I have quite an eye for fashionable clothing and this garment caught my attention immediately.
    • But back home, it's fashionable to blame someone else and wallow in self pity and despair.
    • The design was quite fashionable at the time and variations were common in Boston, Salem, and Portsmouth.
    • I hate the idea - increasingly fashionable in academic circles - that rules confine language.
    • But the boom that began in Ireland in the mid-1990s has made the dependency argument less fashionable.
    • I don't see how pale skin can look fashionable if it makes you look sick.
    • During the eighteenth century fashionable accessories became an important complement to a lady's attire.
    • Clowning became more fashionable in the mid seventeenth century when interest in spectacle superseded that for dialogue.
    • Here, smart girls are able to draw conclusions about what are the most fashionable clothes this summer.
    • They reached short of the last two shirt buttons then and were considered quite fashionable.
    • Miri had a fashionable Chinese dress in pink with a black design on the back.
    • Remember when your mother said that being warm was more important than looking fashionable?
    • Nevertheless, it has long been fashionable to decry the actions of those who use their power.
    • The styles are as fashionable as you will find elsewhere, and the prices very competitive.
    • She woke up in a room that made the 70s look fashionable.
    • She is fortunate in having the face and figure to look good in very fashionable clothes.
    • I know it is fashionable to say that our predecessors never tried to settle anything.
    • They want to be dressed in fashionable clothing, wear fancy shoes and drive cool cars.
    Synonyms
    in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, up to date, bang up to date, up to the minute, modern, all the rage, modish, trendsetting
    1. 1.1 (of a person) dressing or behaving according to the current trend.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some fashionable boys held a party last month at a local art studio.
      • The political banners on street walls were replaced by large pictures of beautiful and fashionable women.
      • He is no longer, and can never be again, the fashionable person that he was in the '80s.
      • She was being escorted to one of the off-campus parties by her new fashionable boyfriend, Shawn.
      • Fine kid leather gloves often appear among the accoutrements of fashionable ladies.
      • Hopefully all the fashionable people from the Sheffield scene will be there and be dressed to kill.
      • And fashionable waitresses with nice curves treat you with refreshing drinks.
      • Today, eyes will turn from the parade rings to fashionable ladies and their outfits.
      • Beginning in the 1890s fashionable ladies wore lorgnettes on elegant occasions.
      • The next day, another fashionable colleague told me she'd been to the same boutique sale.
      • At its peak, more than twenty thousand fashionable members of society made their way there each year.
      • I am accidentally fashionable - or rather I am accidentally a few years behind the curve, because it's mainstream now.
      • They were popular for no other reason than that people believed they were fashionable.
      • There's a terrible conformism, a desire above all to have the names of the fashionable directors on the tip of one's tongue.
      • To prove the point, his photographs show us fashionable women not just in relaxed poses but actually smiling and laughing.
      • For most fashionable people however, Scotland means knitwear and in particular cashmere - expensive cashmere.
      • I'm not the most fashionable person on the planet, but I'm not the least either.
      • He is as fashionable as any other young person in the city.
      • This promenade for fashionable men and women was now home to ragged wanderers.
      • By the late 16th century, most fashionable patrons favoured fantastical Mannerist pieces for their displays.
 
 
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