1. 1附庸風雅的、裝文青的(貶義,偏英式口語)

    Arty-farty is an , informal British phrase for a person, place, or thing that tries too hard to look interested in art. It says the art-love is show, not real, or that it is silly and .

    Arty-farty arty-farty is是 an unkind, informal British phrase英式口語裡一個不太友善的詞 for a person, place, or thing用來形容一個人、地方或東西 that tries too hard to look interested in art刻意裝出對藝術很有興趣的樣子。 It它 says the art-love is show, not real它的意思是說⋯這種對藝術的愛是裝出來的,不是真的, or that it is silly and overdone或是說這樣做很可笑、太過頭了。

    People use it to laugh at galleries, films, clothes, or talk. It is playful but rude; do not say it to someone's face if you want to be kind.

    People人們 use it to laugh at用這個詞來嘲笑 pretentious galleries, films, clothes, or talk裝模作樣的畫廊、電影、穿著或談話。 It它 is playful but rude帶點玩笑,但也很不客氣;do not say it to someone's face如果你想友善一點,就別當著別人的面說 if you want to be kind(同上)。

    Americans more often say artsy-fartsy. Both halves rhyme on purpose: arty means “into art”, and farty is just there to sound comic and a little crude.

    Americans美國人 more often say比較常說 artsy-fartsy artsy-fartsy。 Both halves rhyme on purpose兩半故意押韻:arty means arty的意思是 "into art"「熱衷藝術」, and farty is just there而farty只是在那裡 to sound comic and a little crude為了聽起來滑稽又帶點粗俗。

    You will hear it from people who feel left out of the art talk, or who want to cut someone down. It is not a polite essay word.

    You你 will hear it會聽到它 from people who feel left out of the art talk從那些覺得被排除在藝術話題外的人口中, or who want to cut someone down或想貶低別人的人。 It它 is not a polite essay word不是文章裡的禮貌用詞。

core核心畫面

組成A rhyming playful doubling of arty (“trying to seem into art”). The farty half does not add a real meaning; it is there for the sound, and it is a bit crude.

同家族的字

  • artythe first half: interested in art, sometimes in a showy way
  • artsy-fartsythe American version of the same joking, unkind phrase

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

arty-fartyadj

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    derogatoryinformalPretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project.

    • I've had enough of this arty-farty modern sculpture!
    • The rather disappointing—although unsurprising—message of the Economist article was that tattoos are no longer the edgy insignia of the free spirited but the arty-farty must-have accessory of the middle classes.

arty-fartynoun

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    Someone who is arty-farty.

    • The Mersey Sound, an anthology featuring the works of poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, became a best-seller in 1967 and encouraged thousands of working-class teenagers to read poetry; prior to its publication they probably thought poems were for middle-class arty-farties.
    • Gave parties for all the campus arty-farties to come and drink up my booze and patronize me. . . . I could have had you that first night I brought you here.

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