| 单词 |
snazzy |
| 释义 |
snazzy, a. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈsnæzɪ|
[Origin unknown.]
Excellent; attractive; classy, stylish, flashy.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 336 Snazzy, agreeable; attractive. 1935N. Ersine Underworld & Prison Slang 68 That's a snazzy dressup you've got. 1938W. Chambers Once too Often i. 17 It was indeed a very snazzy setup and I wondered how many months he was in arrears with his rent. 1944R. Chandler Let. 16 Dec. (1966) 43, I had a very snazzy beginning which they cut out, because it didn't really have anything to do with detective stories. 1946‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Friends iii. 27 Think what a snazzy life you've got. All the money in the world. No worries. No work. 1956‘J. Wyndham’ Seeds of Time 214 You come here with your ritzy ways and your snazzy talk. 1960News Chron. 30 Sept. 4/5 Rod..takes off his snazzy smoking jacket to rescue his..girl friend. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman ix. 82 They've made the plain uniforms look as snazzy as possible with whiter-than-white hat-bands, belts and gaiters. 1971B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 115, I see you're all togged up... It's really snazzy you look. 1974Early Music Jan. 24/2, I am convinced that the snazzy rhythms and syncopations that one often hears are wrong. 1978C. Leopold Casablack 1 A snazzy, loose-fitting pinstripe that was emphatically fashion in..1942.
Add: Hence ˈsnazzily adv.; ˈsnazziness n.
1961Webster, Snazziness, the quality or state of being snazzy. 1980Christian Science Monitor 24 July 19/1 Even if the movie bombs, a fortune can be made from the lavishly produced and snazzily packaged disc. 1981N.Y. Times 7 June i. 51/1 David Amram's brief ‘Fanfare’ captured a sort of modernist snazziness. 1985Time 1 Apr. 34/3 Iacocca's salesmanship—his hucksterism, even—accounted for much of his personal success in the mid-'60s, when carmakers were discovering the youth market. For snazziness and corporate profligacy, Detroit has not equaled itself since. 1989Washington Post 31 Dec. (Book World section) 10/1 [He] was not a popular figure with his employees. ‘A snazzily dressed Gila monster in a Panama hat’ is how Jones describes him. |
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