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hipster

/hip-ster/US // ˈhɪp stər //UK // (ˈhɪpstə) //

潮人,时髦人士,时髦的人,潮汕人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
    • : a person, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by a particularly strong sense of alienation from most established social activities and relationships; a beatnik or hippie.
    • : a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing; a hepcat.

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Examples

  • As one of those aging hipsters, I am totally ready for the new New York—though this time, I’ll be using my drink tickets for diet soda.

  • By now, it’s a thing of hipster lore to rent a weird little cabin in Joshua Tree, scramble around on nearby boulders, gaze up at the stars, and have a transformative experience.

  • Harry’s is best known for its hipster shaving box that sends subscribers refill razors every month.

  • Bork adherents are horrified by the hipsters, who, they say, will turn back the clock and use antitrust laws to solve a host of vague social ills that the law is ill prepared to address.

  • For tech companies, hipster enforcement will be particularly problematic.

  • Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

  • By Ana Marie Cox Just in time for Christmas, Glenn Beck goes for hipster-chic as a conservative fashion statement.

  • Just in time for Christmas, Glenn Beck goes for hipster-chic as a conservative fashion statement.

  • Situated in hipster Hackney, the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History opens to the public on Wednesday.

  • What about co-location in a hipster coffee bar near the High Line?

  • The hipster stores have been getting faster and faster, of course.