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词汇 hippy
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hippy1

(also hippie)
ˈhɪpi
  • (especially in the 1960s) a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs.

    (尤指20世纪60年代的)嬉皮士(反传统装束,一般蓄长发,戴珠饰,属于反对传统价值观和吸食迷幻药的亚文化群)

    hippies and spiritual seekers made their way to India in the sixties in search of enlightenment
    she joined a band of hippies in the West Country and helped to set up the Glastonbury festival
    Synonyms
    flower child, bohemian, dropout, free spirit, nonconformist, unconventional person
    (hippies), flower people
adjective ˈhɪpi
  • Relating to hippies or the subculture associated with them.

    (与)嬉皮士(有关)的,(与)嬉皮士亚文化(有关)的

    the birthplace of the hippy movement

Derivatives

  • hippiedom

  • noun ˈhɪpɪdəmˈhɪpidəm
    mass noun
    • The condition of being a hippy; hippy fashion or behaviour.

      the height of hippiedom in the '60s
      Example sentencesExamples
      • scenes of San Francisco hippiedom
      • In hippiedom there was an ‘anything goes’ type of mentality.
      • Love's life bridges the worlds of punk rock and Hollywood glamour, high fashion and San Francisco hippiedom.
      • Loitering is one of the pleasures of San Francisco, especially in North Beach and in Haight-Ashbury, the hub of hippiedom in the Sixties.
  • hippiness

  • noun
    • Somehow these pop culture references seem ill at odds with the essential hippiness of Beattie's characters.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A lot of companies don't want to be associated with the whimsical hippiness that seems to go with it.
      • Urban Outfitters maintains a costly network of young trend-spotters to keep the hippiness up-to-date.
  • hippyish

  • adjective
    • If blowing fruit-scented smoke rings is faintly hippyish, taking a trip through the Wadi Rum desert is full-blown bohemianism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This group included a hippyish contingent, joined in a soothing hum.
      • It's embarrassing how many pathetic people from my UCD English class were sitting around at Marlay Park being vile and hippyish.

Origin

1950s: from hip3 + -y1.

Rhymes

chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, grippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe, zippy

hippy2

adjective ˈhɪpi
  • (of a woman) having large hips.

    (女人)臀部大的

    she looked very hippy in her jeans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I found the fitted top with those jeans made her look too hippy and pear-shaped.
    • He couldn't figure how sensibly clothed, satirical, sarcastic, sassy Jo had come from this hippy woman standing in front of him.

Definition of hippy in US English:

hippy

adjectiveˈhipēˈhɪpi
  • (of a woman) having large hips.

    (女人)臀部大的

    she looked very hippy in her jeans
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I found the fitted top with those jeans made her look too hippy and pear-shaped.
    • He couldn't figure how sensibly clothed, satirical, sarcastic, sassy Jo had come from this hippy woman standing in front of him.
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