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牛人支招：20个窍门练就地道英语

     你知道多少的时尚词汇？考考自己，看看下面的这个fashion quiz吧。

    1: Which of the following prepositions means that something is fashionable?

    a. up

    b. down

    c. in

    d. out

    答案是：c. in，in 在英语里往往代表时尚的意思，比如what's in at the moment? 意思就是现在流行的是什么？你可能也会听到人们谈到the in-thing，它指那些现在流行、时尚的东西，并不局限于时装，还包含音乐，语言表达等。Up, downt都不是时尚的意思，out正好和时尚相反，这个词是指过时的。

    2: If a piece of clothing is a bit big and loose on the body, which word would we use in

    English to describe it?

    a. loosy

    b. baggy

    c. tight

    d. shaggy

    答案是：b. baggy，Baggy 表示衣服穿着很宽松，有的时候流行的是宽松类型的衣服，并不代表衣服不合身。a不对，因为英语里没有loosy这个词；c不对，因为tight是宽松的反义词，意思是很紧；d不对，因为Shaggy一般是用来形容头发乱糟糟的意思。

    3: When British people talk about "high street fashion" – what do they mean?

    a. Clothes that they bought at a shop on a main road

    b. Expensive designer clothes

    c. Clothes bought from one of the many chain fashion shops that you typically see in all

    towns across Britain

    d. Clothes that you can only wear outside

    答案是：c，High street fashion 的意思就是指大众能接受的时装流行趋势。a不对，因为A high street一般指商业街，不过不是所有商业街上的时装店买的都是high street 时装；b不对，因为high street fashion一般没有价格昂贵的顶级名牌时装。