fangle

n. 新发明,新款式,新鲜事物

发音

/ˈfæŋ.ɡəl/
/ˈfæŋ.ɡl̩/
/ˈfeɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/
/ˈfeɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩/
/ˈfɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/
/ˈfɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩/

词形变化

fangles 复数 fangled fangles 三单 fangles fangling fangling 现在分词 fangled 过去式 fangled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A prop; a taking up; a new thing.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Something newly fashioned; a novelty, a new fancy.

  3. 3.

    A foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

  4. 4.

    A conceit; whim.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.

    方言 废旧

    Jonathan Swift (1726), Gulliver's Travels, 1st edition: “But I have since found that the sea Yahoos are apt, like the land ones, to become new-fangled in their words, which the latter change every year; insomuch, as I remember upon each return to my own country their old dialect was so altered, that I could hardly understand the new.”

  2. 2.

    To trim showily; entangle; hang about.

    方言 废旧
  3. 3.

    To waste time; trifle.

    方言 废旧

词源

Back-formation from newfangled (adjective) as if new + fangle (noun). See newfangle.

来源：wiktionary