late 15c., "addicted to novelty," literally "ready to grasp at all new things," from adjective newefangel "fond of novelty" (late 14c.), from new + -fangel "inclined to take," from root of Old English fon "to capture" (see fang). Sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1530s. Fanglement "act of fashioning; something made" is from 1660s. Middle English had gar-fangel "fish-spear."
雙語例句
1. I don't like all these newfangled gadgets.
這些新潮玩意兒我不都喜歡.
來自辭典例句
2. We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas about education!
我們需要更好的老師, 而不是新奇的教育想法!
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3. Those newfangled inventions are no better than my old machines.
那些新奇發(fā)明品不及我的舊機(jī)器.
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4. We need better teachers, not newfangled ideas of education!