old-fashionedとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

old +‎ fashion +‎ -ed. The cocktail (which goes back to at least the early 1800s) got its name in the late 1800s as more complicated cocktails became common and those who preferred simpler drinks began asking for old-fashioned cocktails.

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 Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.

   Synonyms: dated, oldfangled, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:unfashionable

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 24531354, page 320:

     She was seated in a low old-fashioned arm-chair, directly below a portrait of herself, that had been taken just before her first visit to London.

   • 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.

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. [from late 19th c.]
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 43:

     Old John was mixing Old Fashioneds and every now and then he would turn and stare at the record case with an expression of great loathing.

   • 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 15, in Diamonds Are Forever:

     Bond took a shower and changed and walked down the road and had two Bourbon old-fashioneds and the Chicken Dinner at $2.80 in the air-conditioned eating house on the corner that was as typical of ‘the American way of life’ as the motel.

名詞

old fashioned (複数形 old fashioneds)

1. Alternative form of old-fashioned