fresh 1 S2 W2 / freʃ / 形容词

1 new adding to or replacing something :

I’ll just make some fresh coffee.

The report provides fresh evidence about the way the business was run.

You’ll have to start again on a fresh sheet of paper.

2 new and interesting good or interesting because it has not been done, seen etc before :

Ryan will bring a fresh approach to the job.

We need some fresh ideas .

Let’s take a fresh look at the problem.

3 recent done, experienced, or having happened recently :

There were fresh fox tracks around the hen huts.

The accident was still fresh in her mind.

4 a fresh start when you start something again in a completely new and different way after being unsuccessful :

I hope Jim and I can get back together and make a fresh start .

5 food/flowers

a) fresh food has recently been picked or prepared, and is not frozen or preserved

fresh fruit/vegetables/fish/bread etc

The beans are fresh from the garden.

b) fresh flowers have recently been picked

6 fresh air air from outside, especially clean air :

Let’s open the windows and have some fresh air in here! → breath of fresh air at breath ( 2 )

7 fresh water fresh water contains no salt and comes from rivers and lakes → saltwater

8 taste/smell etc [通常用于名词前] pleasantly clean or cool :

a fresh minty taste

It’s a light, fresh wine.

9 appearance pleasant, bright, and clean 反义词 dull :

The kitchen is decorated in fresh blues and greens.

She has brown hair, hazel eyes and a fresh complexion.

10 weather if the wind is fresh, it is quite cold and strong :

a fresh breeze

11 not tired [名词前不常用] full of energy because you are not tired :

She always seems fresh and lively, even at the end of the day.

Despite his busy day he arrived looking as fresh as a daisy (= not tired and ready to do things ) .

12 fresh from something

a) ( also fresh out of something American English ) having just finished your education or training, and not having a lot of experience :

He’s fresh out of law school.

b) having just come from a particular place or experience :

The team is fresh from their victory over the French.

13 get/be fresh with somebody old-fashioned to behave rudely in a way which shows sexual interest, or lack of respect

— freshness 名词 [不可数名词] :

the freshness of the early morning

the freshness and vitality of youth

THESAURUS

new : a new sports centre | a new edition of the book | an entirely new theory of time and space

brand new completely new : a brand new car | The house looks brand new.

recent made, produced etc a short time ago : recent research into brain chemistry

the latest [仅用于名词前] the most recent : Have you seen his latest film? | the latest fashions from Paris

modern different from earlier things of the same kind because of using new methods, equipment, or designs : modern technology | modern farming methods | a modern kitchen

original new and completely different from what other people have done or thought of before, especially in a way that seems interesting : The play is highly original. | His style is completely original.

fresh fresh ideas, evidence, or ways of doing things are new and different, and are used instead of previous ones : We need a fresh approach to the problem. | They want young people with fresh ideas. | Police think they may have found some fresh evidence that links him to the murder.

novel new and different in a surprising and unusual way – used especially about a suggestion, experience, or way of doing something : The club have come up with a novel way of raising cash. | The King was passionately in love, which was a novel experience for him.

innovative completely new and showing a lot of imagination – used especially about a design or way of doing something : an attractive website with an innovative design | They came up with an innovative approach to the problem.

revolutionary completely new in a way that has a very big effect – used especially about an idea, method, or invention : a revolutionary treatment for breast cancer | His theories were considered to be revolutionary at the time.

new-fangled [仅用于名词前] used about something that is new and modern but which you disapprove of : My grandfather hated all this newfangled technology.