a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s who rejected the way of life of ordinary society and showed this by behaving and dressing in a different way from most people “垮掉的一代” 的一员(20 世纪 50 年代及 60 年代初摈弃传统生活与衣着的年轻人) Word Origin1950s: from beat + -nik on the pattern of sputnik, perhaps influenced by US use of Yiddish -nik, denoting someone or something who acts in a particular way.