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单词 old school
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Definition of old school in English:

old school

noun
  • Used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional.

    he was one of the old school of English gentlemen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He had a good conference and is an excellent performer of the old school.
    • I am of the old school that wants centre-backs who can defend first and foremost.
    • I thought this guy was great as he was a Japanese salary man of the old school.
    • Despite the rest of the family wanting this old lady interned in a hospital or hospice, my mother is of the old school.
    • Though politically an old school Tory, Howard Senior came to believe the British had got it wrong.
    • Hibbert is a popular historian of the old school, reticent, scholarly and modest.
    • One of the old school army officers on a private income decided to learn Paragliding.
    • He was a journalist of the old school, a reporter who once he got his teeth into a story wouldn't let go.
    • A real old school gent, he even took the time to apologise when the blood got loud enough to be heard over the train noise.
    • The era of the sozzled old school hack is drawing to a close and, eventually, there may be no one around to raise a glass to it.
    • He was an actor of the old school, his voice capable of uncommon levels of thrilling timbre.
    • The artists of the old school, in particular the sonata playing of Glenn Gould and Yehudi Menuhin.
    • He's of the old school, where your word is everything and a deal's a deal, which is rare these days.
    • I was under Bob at Queensland, a hard man from the old school, and a bigoted man.
    Synonyms
    unfashionable, out of style, no longer fashionable, old-fashioned, out of date, outdated, dated, outmoded, behind the times, last year's, superseded
adjective
  • 1Having or adhering to old-fashioned values or ways.

    the restaurant is an old-school brasserie of the Parisian model
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But maybe I'm just a bit old-school, and think it's better just to show the bare bones.
    • Goni's grandfather was a ‘career diplomat imbued with an old-school sense of obedience’.
    • It's an old-school attitude that's very prevalent in football.
    • Reyes has his whole family here, and Fabregas, rather charmingly, lives in old-school digs with an Irish landlady.
    • Warren Evans is an old-school furniture maker, renowned for employing skilled, local craftspeople at his north London headquarters.
    • Fans and insiders alike rave about his mixture of old-school values and crazy athleticism.
    • So, are the world's most famous hotels still keeping their old-school glamour alive - or have they been slouched on their laurels for years now?
    • Reyes is old-school but not old-fashioned, and has a keen sense for the highs and lows of a jazz tune.
    • It is a definitely old-school dish, full of the larder ingredients of many hundreds of years ago - dried fruit, ale, spices, fat.
    • Rather than come out in support of equal rights they would rather keep quiet, let the Lords to their dirty work, and avoid alienating their old-school supporters.
    • Some of the digs at old-school European values and ideology particularly hit the mark.
    • That is the funniest aspect of Lion's act: his old-school faith in educating as well as entertaining his young charges.
    • When Bernie falls in love, the chips in his life begin to fall into place, just as cards begin to get stacked against Shelly and his old-school values.
    • Indeed, it's a very old-school Cowboys and Indians scenario.
    • To be honest, they're probably not going to appeal to old-school Godiva fans, but they're nothing if not interesting.
    • Now, CH seems on the surface to be a very nice man indeed, although there was a little too much old-school servile behaviour on display from AS for my liking.
    • The management are old-school, stern and take the business of pawky humour very seriously, and Donaldson fairly drives his men on.
    • Maybe leather trenchcoats and old-school country values are too much of a mismatch.
    • What we have here is addictive old-school hokum, an American Gothic comic-strip with a whiff of Wise Blood to its lurid design.
    • The decor is old-school, the very definition of the word ‘boozer’.
    1. 1.1 Denoting or relating to a style or genre of popular music, especially rap or hip-hop, regarded as traditional or relatively uninfluenced by newer styles.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is old-school, pastiche hip-hop, right down to the James Brown samples.
      • For the sound effects, Namco has opted to use old-school style sound bytes from previous Pac-Man games, along with the normal ones.
      • The group manages to appeal to the death metal crowd as much as black metal fans, old-school thrashers and new-school hardcore kids.
      • Let's not forget the music, namely old-school hip hop and house spun by DJs Andy, 4Play and Slipmat.
      • In this hour-long mix, Milo breaks from old-school hip hop to electro to disco, funk and soul.
      • Expect soul, funk, old-school hip hop, R&B and reggae though, in case you were wondering where they were coming from.
      • The first begins like an old-school Motown jam, with a drum-fill straight into Northern Soul stomp.
      • The track feels classic in style and distinctly old-school, yet fun with it.
      • Well, most of the time it is, but the occasional lapse into fairly standard old-school hardcore detracts little from a record bursting with focused energy.
      • While these albums are obviously old-school crackly, they don't feel dated or nostalgic.
      • Singing about awful things in a beautiful carefree manner is the essence of old-school jazz and blues, and Amy Winehouse has really got the hang of it.
      • Their style ranges from speedy, old-school punk rock to more complex folksy rhythms, and it's all good.
      • There's a talent in distinguishing which old-school tune has the bass and catchy guitar riff to place firmly in a rapper's rhyming game.
      • It's also a satisfying party-starter, hinting at a classic Motown style courtesy of some funky old-school guitar riffs.
      • Combining hip hop sensibilities with old-school savvy, the trio delves into the male/female conundrum with a vengeance.
      • They start with a piece of old-school guitar noise that's more than reminiscent of ‘White Heat, White Light’.
      • Shifting Gears begins with the feel of an old-school party album.
      • Once they signed her, however, Uptown was unsure how to market Blige, whose music straddled the genres of modern hip-hop and old-school soul.
      • The old school Hip hop world is a lot more interesting and fun and cool and I prefer that to the new stuff.
      • It's classic house, funk, disco, old-school hip hop and R&B all night, so get ready to groove.
 
 

Definition of old school in US English:

old school

nounoʊld skul
  • Used, usually approvingly, to refer to someone or something that is old-fashioned or traditional.

    amenities that my parents, being of the old school, still take for granted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hibbert is a popular historian of the old school, reticent, scholarly and modest.
    • I was under Bob at Queensland, a hard man from the old school, and a bigoted man.
    • I am of the old school that wants centre-backs who can defend first and foremost.
    • I thought this guy was great as he was a Japanese salary man of the old school.
    • A real old school gent, he even took the time to apologise when the blood got loud enough to be heard over the train noise.
    • One of the old school army officers on a private income decided to learn Paragliding.
    • Despite the rest of the family wanting this old lady interned in a hospital or hospice, my mother is of the old school.
    • The artists of the old school, in particular the sonata playing of Glenn Gould and Yehudi Menuhin.
    • He's of the old school, where your word is everything and a deal's a deal, which is rare these days.
    • He was a journalist of the old school, a reporter who once he got his teeth into a story wouldn't let go.
    • Though politically an old school Tory, Howard Senior came to believe the British had got it wrong.
    • He was an actor of the old school, his voice capable of uncommon levels of thrilling timbre.
    • The era of the sozzled old school hack is drawing to a close and, eventually, there may be no one around to raise a glass to it.
    • He had a good conference and is an excellent performer of the old school.
    Synonyms
    unfashionable, out of style, no longer fashionable, old-fashioned, out of date, outdated, dated, outmoded, behind the times, last year's, superseded
 
 
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