old-fashionedとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

old +‎ fashion +‎ -ed

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /oʊldˈfæʃənd/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əʊldˈfæʃənd/
• ハイフネーション: old-‧fash‧ioned

形容詞

old-fashioned (comparative more old-fashioned, superlative most old-fashioned)

1. Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, […] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.

   My bike is old-fashioned but it gets me around.

2. Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.

   You can’t stay the night, because my parents are a bit old-fashioned.

使用する際の注意点

• Said of all kinds of things including words, houses, places, chimneys, character traits, cookware, education, music, and style.

同意語

• (of a thing): dated, old-fangled, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable

反意語

• new-fashioned

上位語

• fashioned

派生語

• old-fashionedly
• old-fashioned look
• old-fashionedness

名詞

old-fashioned (複数形 old-fashioneds)

1. A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind.
   • 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)

     At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.

名詞

old fashioned (複数形 old fashioneds)

1. Alternative form of old-fashioned