| 词汇 | OLD-FASHIONED |
| 释义 | back number n. an old-fashioned person. (Like an out-of-print issue of a magazine.)Some old back number wearing gaiters wants to have a word with you.Oh, Dad! You're getting to be such a back number! buzzard meat n. someone or something that is dead or outdated.If you don't watch out, you're going to become buzzard meat!That old car is buzzard meat. It will hardly run. cube n. a very square person.This nerd was the most unbelievable cube you have ever seen.Not just an L7, a real cube. fossil n. an old-fashioned person.Some old fossil called the police about the noise.Oh, Tad, you are such a fossil. fuddy-duddy and fud n. a stuffy person; an old-fashioned person, especially a male.Pay no attention to him. He's just an old fud.There seems to be a convention of fuddy-duddies in the park today. granddad n. someone who is old-fashioned or out-of-date.Tom is just a silly granddad. He is dull and old-fashioned.Don't be such a granddad. Live a little. groovy mod. out-of-date; passé. (California.)Your clothes are so groovy. It barfs me out.Oh, how groovy! moldy fig n. an old-fashioned person; a square.Don't be a moldy fig! Lighten up!Some moldy fig objected to our music. mossback n. an old square; a stick in the mud.Walter, you are such an old mossback.I enjoy appearing to be a mossback. People expect so little from you. old fogey n. an old-fashioned person; an old man.My uncle is an old fogey. He must be the most old-fashioned man in the world.Don't be such an old fogey. old-hat mod. old-fashioned or outmoded.That's just old-hat. This is the modern world!Her latest work is nothing but old-hat. She's through. out mod. out of fashion. (The opposite of in.)That kind of clothing is strictly out.You need to tell me which of my dresses is out this season. square mod. law-abiding; stodgy.Man, you are really square.I come from a very square family. stick-in-the-mud n. a dull and old-fashioned person.Don't be such an old stick-in-the-mud.Some stick-in-themud objected to the kind of music we wanted to play in church. trad mod. “traditional”; old-fashioned.The approach is sort of trad, but so what?A more trad style might make the grownups more comfortable. uncool mod. square; dull and orthodox.Oh, what an uncool weirdo!This place is uncool. Let's cruise. |
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