1. fashionable: clothes, styles,
places or activities that are fashionable are popular at the present time, but
will probably only be popular for a short time
例：
The store sells fashionable clothes at
prices you can afford.（這家店賣的衣服又時髦價格又合適。）
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2. cool: said to show approval of
something that is fashionable, interesting, or attractive - used especially by
young people
備注：''cool''常用于口語中。
例：
He was wearing these really cool
sunglasses.（他的太陽鏡很酷。）
Many young people start smoking because
they think it looks cool.（很多年輕人覺得抽煙的樣子很酷才開始抽煙。）
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3. hot: very fashionable now
備注：''hot''是非正式的用法。
例：
one of the hot young writers of the decade（近十年來炙手可熱的青年作家之一）
They're supposed to be the hottest thing
since the Beatles.（他們應(yīng)該是繼披頭士樂隊(duì)之后最流行的樂隊(duì)了。）
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4. trendy: very fashionable, often
for a short time - used especially humorously or to show disapproval
備注：''trendy''是非正式的用法。
例：
a trendy street market in the center of
Paris（巴黎市中心的潮流集市）
Delgado predicts that blonde hair will
become trendy this summer.（德爾加多預(yù)計今年夏天會流行金色頭發(fā)。）
Trendy bars and restaurants are opening and
inexpensive apartments in the area are getting hard to find.（這一區(qū)開了很多潮流酒吧和餐廳，租金便宜的公寓越來越難找了。）
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5. stylish: well designed, and
attractive in a fashionable way
例：
She was wearing a stylish black dress.（她穿著一條很時髦的黑色裙子。）
stylish modern furniture（時髦的現(xiàn)代家具）
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6. chic: very fashionable in an
expensive way, and showing a lot of good judgment about good style
例：
They live in a chic apartment overlooking
the Seine.（他們的公寓時尚而有品位，可以俯瞰塞納河。）
a chic restaurant in Boston（波士頓的一家時尚而有品位餐廳）
The east side of the city has become very
chic in the past few years.（過去這些年里，城東變得高檔時髦起來。）
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7. cult: fashionable and only known
about by a small group of people - use this especially about things or people
that later become very famous
例：
Alex Garland's cult novel 'The Beach' was
later made into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.（艾力克斯·嘉蘭的流行小說《迷離沙灘》后來被拍成電影，由萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧主演。 ）
1960s cult band The Velvet Underground（上世紀(jì)60年代的流行樂隊(duì)——地下絲絨樂隊(duì)）
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8. in: fashionable at the present
time
備注：''in''是非正式的用法，它的反義詞''out''（老土），也是日常口語中經(jīng)常用的。
例：
Purple seems to be in this year.（紫色今年好像很流行。）
be the in place
Gstaad is the in place to go skiing in
winter.（冬天很流行去格斯塔德滑雪。）
the in thing to do
Cycling to work has become the in thing to
do.（現(xiàn)在流行騎自行車去上班。）
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9. hip: doing things or done
according to the latest fashion
備注：''hip''是非正式的用法。
例：
The South Side is becoming a really hip
place to live.（最近南區(qū)成了新興的住宅區(qū)。）
I hate old people who dress like teenagers
and think they're hip.（我很討厭老年人打扮成十幾歲人的樣子還以為自己很時髦。）
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10. happening: fashionable and
exciting
備注：''happening''是非正式的用法。
例：
In four to five years, this will be a
happening film festival.（在未來四五年間，這個電影節(jié)都算是時髦的了。）
The town's OK, but not what you'd call a
happening place.（這個小鎮(zhèn)算是還行，但稱不上是潮流前線。）
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