something that people are interested in for only a short period of time一时的风尚；短暂的狂热 synonym craze- 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.这些风潮来来去去。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadjectiveprepositionSee full entry Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally dialect): probably the second element of fidfad, contraction of fiddle-faddle. Compare with faddy.