fad
美 [fæd] 
英 [fæd]
词形变化
复数：fads 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 一时的风尚；短暂的狂热something that people are interested in for only a short period of time |
| the latest/current fad 最新╱当前的时尚 |
| a fad for physical fitness 一阵健身狂热 |
| Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad . 事实证明，说唱音乐并不是昙花一现。 |
英汉解释
n. | |
abbr. | 1. 【生化】(=flavin adenine dinucleotide)黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸 |
英英解释
例句
You quickly conclude that this newfangled chainsaw thing is just a fad, and you go back to chopping down trees with your axe.
您很快就会得出结论，电锯这种新工具只不过是一种时尚，最后还是改用斧子来砍树。
After a few years, it was clear that software as a service wasn't just a fad, it was a solid business.
几年后，形势已经明朗化：作为一种服务的云计算不仅仅是一时的风潮，而是一门可靠的生意。
Yet, in the West, standards of cleanliness seem to have moved beyond science into the realm of fashion and fad.
然而，在西方，清洁的标准似乎超过了科学而进入到了一种流行或者时尚的潮流中。
Although Cyndi might be best known for her wild costumes and video antics of the 80s, she has shown that she wasn't just a fad of the 80s.
尽管辛蒂的闻名是她的狂野造型和80年代音乐录影中的古怪动作，但她所表现出的自我根本不是80年代的时尚。
Is sesame-oil and chili hotpot with its spicy layer of red sauce going to be the next popular eating fad?
一锅漂著一层红咚咚辣油的麻辣火锅，有可能成为下一波的流行吗？
This global warming fad trying to use a guilt trip about our carbon footprints is a fraud to squeeze more money out of us.
这全球变暖的时尚，试图使用有关我们碳足迹的犯罪之旅，是一项欺诈行为以从我们挤出更多钱。
Social media are certainly not a fad, and their impact is only just beginning to be felt.
社交媒体无疑不是短暂的时尚，它们的影响刚刚开始被感觉到。
Body piercing is something of a modern fad amongst youngsters (and some oldsters).
身体穿孔艺术在年轻人中间（甚至对个别年长人来说）都是时尚前卫的流行元素。
Sounds like another ridiculous fad to me. I suppose you've got to wrap yourself in cellophane and sit in a sauna!
又是一个荒谬的时髦。我觉得你应该把自己包在玻璃纸里，然后去蒸桑拿！
Physics tends to be dictated by fad and fashion. There are the gurus who dictate the direction in which new ideas grow.
物理学往往是直接与流行时尚挂钩。专家决定新思想的发展方向。
Glowing, transgenic lab animals seems to be a fad these days.
现在似乎很流行在实验室里通过转基因手段把动物弄得会发光。
direct investment can become a fad just like any other activity of an economic , social , or cultural character.
就象经济，社会或文化性质的任何其他活动一样，直接投资也可成为一种一朝风行的时尚。
We do not know whether this is part of an explicit government policy or merely a fad.
我们不知道这究竟是某项明确的政府政策，抑或只是流行一时的论调。
Call it a scam, but Ty's line of collectibles created the most insane fad frenzy of all time, and he now sits on billions.
你可以把这种设计叫做诡计，但Ty收集了所有时期最疯狂的时尚玩具。他现在坐拥数十亿美元资产。
The Scarsdale Diet was a popular fad for several years, it has a chart in here indicating what you ought to weigh.
好几年来，《斯卡斯代尔减肥书》盛行不衰，书里有一张表格指出人的标准体重。
The question now becomes this: Are courses in popular culture just a fad or a real trend?
疑问现在变成这：在大众文化的课程只是一个流行或一个真正的趋势吗？
There is something of a fad, it seems, for things Chinese.
现在看来，中国的东西似乎正在引导一阵印尼时尚潮流。
But NoSQL looks less like a fad, and more like an emerging foundation for highly scalable Web application development.
但NoSQL看起来不太像一种时尚，更像是高度可伸缩的Web应用程序开发的一个新兴基础。
In any case, as in years past, there are those who believe that paid online gaming is all a fad anyway.
然而正如同以往一样，有人相信付费在线游戏只不过是短暂的狂热。
This may seem like a crazy celebrity fad, but it's not such a bad one.
这也许会看起来像一个疯狂的名人时尚，但是这并不是那么糟糕。
I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back, and it's just a fad.
我爱你爱的这种方式，但是我恨这种假设的爱的方式让你回来，那只是一时。
The fact that more people are working from home is a trend. That many of them wear Snuggies all day long is a fad.
举例说明，更多的人在家办公是一种潮流，而他们整天围着袖毯则是一种流行。
So instead of starting another fad diet, start small with dietary changes that you can sustain, that you enjoy, and that are good for you.
因此，从饮食的小改变开始，选择你能坚持、享受的方式，而不是另一种时尚的节食方式，这样对你才是最有效的。
One look at these boots, though, raises the question of whether the fad will ever die.
乍看到这些靴子时，人们不禁会怀疑这股风潮是否会冷却。
The fad without a name was one which dealt with people's finger marks.
那个没有名称的嗜好是研究人们的指纹的。
You could term the popularity of the iPod (and its ubiquitous, iconic white headphones) a fad.
你可以将iPod的流行（以及无处不在的、标志性的白色耳机）看作是一种时尚。
Looking back now, he says that he considered computer dating to be little more than a gimmick and a fad.
现在回想起来，他说他当时认为电脑相亲不过是一些流行一时的花招。
When your son lets his hair grow to his shoulders, or your daughter experiments with white makeup, accept the appearance as a harmless fad.
当你的儿子要把头发蓄到肩膀或是你的女儿要尝试增白化妆品时，权且把这种装扮当作无害的时髦。
And her final question to me was essentially, "Isn't this all just a fad? "
她问我了最后一个重要的问题：“难道这不只是一种时尚？”
Charlie said, collecting the heads off of the ground. "When I was a little boy, our group of boys had a little fad called Johnny pie. "
查理拾着掉在地上的枝叶说，“当我还是孩子的时候，我们有个时髦的词叫‘玉米拍’。”
The fad among today's venture philanthropists is to target their dollars to solve a larger social problem, not give away cash to the poor.
如今，企业家做慈善的流行做法是把钱用于解决一个较大的社会问题，而不是直接给穷人发钱。
One of the few benefits to emerge from the latest 3D fad is the way it has spurred set-makers to produce televisions with higher resolution.
从最新的3D时尚浮现出的好处之一是，它促使设置决策者生产更高分辨率的电视。
I don' t buy into that. I think it' s just a fad. Pretty soon this will pass and everyone will be into wear-wolves or zombies!
我才不花钱去看呢。我觉得这只是流行一时的，过不了多久，人们又很快会喜欢上人狼和僵尸了。
There turned out to be hundreds of these creatures, which started a big fad.
结果，这些小动物足有成百上千种，从而掀起了一大潮流。
Some people say inline skating is just a fad, but I think it is here to stay.
有人说直排轮只是一时流行，我却认为它会一直持续流行下去。
First, trying to choose a career based on a current business fad is foolish.
首先，根据眼前的商业时尚选择事业是非常愚蠢的。
The invention was patented that February, and there was a brief fad for making home recordings using it.
同年2月该项发明获得了专利，使用它制作家庭录音一度成为时尚。
This can lead to thriftiness to the point of denying yourself pleasure, or embracing some health fad to ward of disease.
也许这会导致你节俭到否定自我愉快感或拥抱某个健康时尚来避开疾病。
Cinema was born in the same year as Charlie thought people still believed it was a passing fad, and would never replace live shows.
就在这一年电影诞生了，但是查理觉得，人们仍认为电影只是昙花一现，永远不可能代替真人表演。
Today it is out of style, but last month it was a very popular fad.
这个东西如今已经过时了，但上个月很风行。
