A beatnik was a young person, mostly in the late 1950s and early 1960s, who pushed back against tidy, ordinary American life. People pictured them in dark clothes, maybe a beret, hanging around coffee shops, listening to jazz, reading poetry, talking about freedom and art.

A beatnik was a young personbeatnik指的是一種年輕人，mostly in the late 1950s and early 1960s大多是在1950年代末到1960年代初，who pushed back against tidy, ordinary American life他們反抗當時整齊、一般的美國生活方式。People pictured them in dark clothes, maybe a beret大家想像他們穿深色衣服，也許戴貝雷帽，hanging around coffee shops在咖啡店附近閒晃、listening to jazz聽爵士樂、reading poetry讀詩，talking about freedom and art還聊自由和藝術。

The word sits next to the Beat Generation — writers such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg — but beatnik was coined by a newspaper man, Herb Caen, in 1958, and it often sounded teasing or cartoonish. Many “real” Beats did not love the label.

The word sits next to the Beat Generation這個字跟Beat Generation（垮掉的一代）靠得很近——writers such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg像Jack Kerouac和Allen Ginsberg這些作家——but beatnik was coined by a newspaper man, Herb Caen, in 1958但beatnik這個字其實是1958年一位報社記者Herb Caen造出來的，and it often sounded teasing or cartoonish聽起來常常帶點取笑或誇張漫畫的味道。Many 'real' Beats很多「真正的」Beats did not love the label並不喜歡這個標籤。

Hippies came later and looked different: more colour, more hair, more talk of peace and dropping out. A student who mixes beatnik and hippie is mixing two decades.

Hippies came later嬉皮出現得比較晚，and looked different樣子也不一樣：more colour, more hair, more talk of peace and dropping out顏色更多、頭髮更長，也更常談和平和脫離主流。A student who mixes beatnik and hippie如果學生把beatnik和hippie搞混，is mixing two decades等於把兩個不同的年代混在一起。

The word is now mostly historical; you would not call a classmate a beatnik unless you were joking about an old style.

The word is now mostly historical這個字現在大多只出現在歷史裡；you would not call a classmate a beatnik你不會叫同學beatnik，unless you were joking about an old style除非你是在開一個舊時代風格的玩笑。