| 词组 | popular |
| 释义 | popular /ˈpɒpjələ, ˈpɒpjʊlə $ ˈpɑːpjəposlər, ˈpɑːpjʊposlər/ adjective 1. liked by a lot of peopleadverbshighly popular She was a highly popular student at college.immensely/hugely/enormously popular His plays were immensely popular. | His films are hugely popular in America.wildly popular (=highly popular – used especially about something that excites people) These bands are wildly popular in Cuba.increasingly popular Business management courses are increasingly popular.universally popular (=liked by everyone) Some foods are universally popular.enduringly/perennially popular formal (=always popular) His most enduringly popular film is ‘Singin' in the Rain’.genuinely popular He became Russia’s first genuinely popular politician in a long time.prepositionspopular with/among people The café is very popular with students.popular as sth The island has become very popular as a holiday destination.THESAURUS: popular well-liked used about someone who many people like: He is an experienced and well-liked member of the team. | Stein is well-respected and well-liked by the troops. big/huge informal very popular, especially in a particular place: The band are big in Europe. | Apparently this type of game is huge in Japan. hot informal someone or something that is hot, is very popular or fashionable and everyone wants to use them, see them, buy them etc: one of this year’s hottest fashion trends | a hot young singer from Nashvillesomething that is popular bestseller a book that a lot of people buy: His prize-winning book ‘A Year in Provence’ became an international bestseller. blockbuster a film that a lot of people watch, especially an exciting film: Stephen Spielberg's latest Hollywood blockbuster | a blockbuster movie hit something such as a song, show, or film which is very popular and successful: The band played all their old hits. | The film was a box-office hit (=a lot of people went to see it at the cinema). | She stars in ABC’s hit show ‘Desperate Housewives’. sell-out a concert, sports event etc which so many people want to see that all the tickets are sold: The concert was a sell-out. | the band’s sell-out tour of the US cult movie/band/figure etc a film, band, person etc that has become very popular and fashionable with a particular group of people: He was the star of the cult TV show ‘Happy Days’. | Reed was the leader of the cult New York band the Velvet Underground. craze something that suddenly becomes popular, so that a lot of people do it, buy it etc: the latest dance craze that has been sweeping the US | the craze for ultra expensive designer jeans fad informal something that is very popular for a short time – used about something that you disapprove of, which you do not think will last for very long: Most diets are just fads. | I think it’s a passing fad (=one that will not last).ANTONYMS → unpopular2. done or believed by a lot of people or by ordinary peoplenounspopular support There was widespread popular support for the new law.by/due to popular demand (=because many people have said they want something to happen) She will be performing here again next month, by popular demand.popular belief/opinion Contrary to popular belief, spiders are not insects.the popular view The popular view bears little relation to the known facts.a popular misconception (=a wrong idea that many people have) There is a popular misconception that cats cannot swim.the popular image of sth/sb The film star is very unlike the popular image of him in the press.the popular vote (=the vote of all the people) He won the presidency with almost 86% of the popular vote.the popular imagination The characters in the series failed to catch the popular imagination. |
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