日期:2011-05-24 The word glamping is a blend of camping with the adjective glamorous, i.e. the notion of glamorous camping. The word first appeared about five years ago, and the concept is thought primarily to be a British invention. Glamping是由camping(露营)和形... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-05-24 An It girl or It-girl is a charming, sexy young woman who receives intense media coverage unrelated or disproportional to personal achievements. The reign of an It girl is usually temporary; some of the rising It girls will either become fully-fledg... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-04-19 The term China one refers to the child who was born after the 1980s, when China launched the one-child policy. Not only are they the familys only child, but they are also the familys center of attention. Their parents and grandparents would spare no... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-04-19 As more and more consumers recognize the health benefits of cu (vinegar), vinegar bars and cafes offering beverages that combine rice vinegar with ingredients like fruits and vegetables have begun to appear in cities like Tokyo. They are attracting... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-04-19 Many post-80s couples are complaining that going to the movies, shopping or attending parties have become impossible since their kids were born. Thats the way most parents are living their lives, no weekends of their own, no time to visit friends, n... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-11 Toy boy has come along in the last 10 or 15 years. It's British slang, from the 1980s. It refers to an attractive young man being kept as a lover by another person, by an older person, thats the crucial thing: the older person is keeping the younger... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-11 The term, zero-Pascal clan , was coined by Internet users referring to those people who are always optimistic and enjoy themselves in spite of work and life pressure. The word Pascal is the unit of measurement for pressure in physics, zero Pascal me... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-11 May-December romance refers to a romantic pairing where one person is significantly older than the other. The age difference is at least a decade, but often more. The phrase comes from the younger person being in the spring of his or her life (i.e.,... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-03-11 Peep culture is a play on pop culture, the term was coined by Toronto writer and social commentator Hal Niedzviecki. It refers to a culture in which many people write about or display and other people to take pleasure in reading or watching the minu... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-02-16 In Western tradition, an engagement ring is a ring worn by a woman indicating her engagement to be married. Conventionally, the ring is presented as a betrothal gift by a man to his prospective spouse while he proposes marriage or directly after she... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-02-16 在当今的白领圈中,有这样一个群体:她们时尚、漂亮、会打扮、善梳妆,尤其善于把有限的金钱投入到无限的美丽之中去。你时常能在商场的试衣间看到她们的身影,但很少看到她们到收银台付款,很纳闷吗?其实这已经不是什么秘密了,她们通常都是抽空去商场试好这一季要买... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-01-19 Living Apart Together (LAT) is a term for couples who, while committed to each other, decide to have separate homes rather than one shared residence. 分开同居(Living Apart Together,英文缩写为LAT)指一对情侣保持固定的情感关系但却不住在一起。 There... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-01-19 A common slang term for visually appealing persons or effects used to draw mass attention is eye candy . The implication is that they are eye-catching in a superficial fashion. Like actual candy, this addition is seen to be neither nutritious nor su... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-01-04 火星文、脑残体一直以来都是颇受争议的话题。也不知是哪个有才的孩子首先创造了这样神奇的文字组合法,害的成年人看了个个摇头,同龄人用了个个拍手。不过,据说好像英文里也有这样的语言呢,他们叫 leetspeak ,看来这文化是越来越互通了哦。 This term nao can ti, m... 阅读全文>> 日期:2011-01-04 大家对IQ(intelligence quotient智商)和EQ(emotion quotient 情商)这两个词一定不陌生吧?这两种商在我们的生活中都起着很重要的作用,哪个低了都不是好事。不过,在这两种商之外,现在又有学者提出了第三种商 SQ ( social quotient ),你知道代表的是什么吗? S... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-12-22 外电报道: The Hope For Haiti Now benefit album will debut at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart on Wednesday, becoming the first digital-only release to achieve this feat in the nearly 54-year history of the Billboard 200. 周三,公益唱片《给海地希望》将以... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-12-22 《中国日报》报道: Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates has described Beijing's efforts to censor the Internet as very limited, saying corporations which operate in China should abide by the local law. 微软公司董事长比尔盖茨近日称,中国对互联网的审查... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-12-16 还在讨论宅女、鱼干女吗?那你就out啦。现在在时尚界大行其道的是森林系女孩,简称森女,她们享受当下的幸福,不崇尚名牌,衣着有如走出森林的自然风格。记住哦,她们的英文名字叫做mori girl。 Mori girl is buzzward originated from a social networking website in... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-12-16 girly girl 真女人 与跨越了性别界限的中性女孩tomboy相比,你会不会觉得浪漫柔美的女孩girly girl更加惹人垂怜? Girly girl is a slang term for a girl or woman who chooses to dress and behave in a traditionally feminine style, such as wearing floral dress... 阅读全文>> 日期:2010-11-25 一份调查报告显示,中国经济最为发达的北京、上海、深圳、浙江等省市幸福感指数最低,2009年红火的地产业带来的房价飙升令很多家庭感到痛苦。此外,健康、情商、财商、家庭责任以及社会环境被绝大多数被调查者认为是影响家庭幸福最重要的因素,且这五者相互关联,缺一... 阅读全文>> |
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