fad
noun/fæd/
/fæd/
- something that people are interested in for only a short period of time
一时的风尚；短暂的狂热 - 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。
Extra Examples- the fad for cookery programmes
烹饪节目热潮 - the fad for cosmetic surgery
整容手术热潮 - Fads for vitamin supplements have been overtaken by a vogue for minerals and trace elements.
补充维生素的狂热已被补充矿物质和微量元素的潮流取代。 - It's just a fad. It won't last.
那只是一时的狂热，不会持久。 - These fads come and go.
这些时尚来来去去。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- latest
- new
- …
- fad for
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally dialect): probably the second element of fidfad, contraction of fiddle-faddle. Compare with faddy. - the latest/current fad