日期:2015-12-28 We've had WAGS, yuppies and metrosexuals; now meet our newest social phenomenon, TWITs . 我们身边有太太团,雅皮士,还有都市型男,如今,我们又有了一个新的社会群族:中嫩族。 The TWITs are Teenage Women In Their Thirties. 中嫩族也就是3字头少女。 Just l... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-28 Mirdle , or man girdle, refers to an undergarment designed to give a man a slimmer appearance. 男版塑形内衣是指专为男性设计,使其穿起来显瘦的内衣。 这个词是由man(男性)和girdle(女用塑形内衣)组合而成的。 With the arrival of the male version of the... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-28 You might notice something unusual in November. Men who usually shave their faces start growing mustaches. Pretty soon, you might be seeing hairy lips everywhere. 你可能注意到11月有些不寻常之处。那些经常刮胡子的男性会在此月开始蓄胡子。很快,到处都能... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-28 The days of the well-groomed metrosexual man might soon be over as the lumbersexual trend takes precedence. 衣着整洁的都市美男时代可能不久就要结束了,因为木匠美男们正在成为新宠。 The lumbersexual man is essentially an urban woodsman. 木匠美男其实就... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 Reducetarian refers to a person who purposefully reduces the amount of meat in their diet. 忌肉主义者是指故意减少饮食中肉的摄入量的人。 The term reducetarian was coined by Brian Kateman of Columbia University. 该词是由哥伦比亚大学的布莱恩凯特曼创造... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 Food neophobia is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar foods. It differs from selective eating disorder. 新食物恐惧症是指害怕吃新的或不熟悉的食物。这与选择性饮食失调有所不同。 Food neophobia is particularly common in toddlers and young children. It... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 McRefugees is a neologism referring to those who stay overnight in McDonald's 24-hour fast food restaurant. 麦难民是新出现的一个词,指在麦当劳24小时店里过夜的人。 The term was first created in Japanese language, which originally means net cafe refug... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 Stealth shopper is a person who shops secretly to avoid flaunting wealth or to hide expenses from a spouse; a person who purchases expensive items that do not look expensive. 隐形消费者指用隐秘的方式购物,以避免炫富或者被伴侣发现的消费者;或者经常购... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 America is in the throes of a grey divorce revolution as married couples over the age of 50 split up in unprecedented numbers. 随着50岁以上夫妻分道扬镳的数量空前增多,美国正处于灰发离婚变革的阵痛中。 Although the overall national divorce rate has be... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 Self-licensing is the unconscious tendency to allow yourself to do something bad after you have done something good. 自我纵许指做了一些好事之后会无意识地允许自己做点不好的事。 Imagining yourself as doing good can sometimes lead to bad things. You ea... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-12-08 A diet of clean eating refers to one which avoids processed foods and is heavy in raw and unrefined produce. 清洁饮食指一个人不吃加工精制食品,大量摄入未加工的农产品。 Today, clean eating, or eating clean, is a major movement, spurred by people from... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Hangry describes the situation when you are so hungry that your lack of food causes you to become angry, frustrated or both. Hangry指很饿但是又没有东西可吃的时候感到的气愤和沮丧情绪,简称为饿怒。 Hangry is a blend of hungry and angry invented to des... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 With more and more data piling up every day on seemingly all aspects of our lives, a lot more than just business decisions are becoming data-driven , which refers to something determined or dependent on the collection or analysis of data. 每天,似乎... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 The James Bond Effect (also called 007 Effect) is a theory in propaganda and political circles, whereby the first detailed opinion/summary that someone hears or reads on a particular topic, is the one they are most likely to adopt. 詹姆斯邦德效应(... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Add-on pay is similar to Add-on Card in the banking system. It is a privilege offered to the spouse, parents or children of a primary holder of Alipay Wallet, a mobile payment app launched by Alipay, China's largest online payments provider. The pri... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Loiterature , a portmanteau of loitering and literature, refers to articles, posts, books, or other material that a person reads while waiting for someone, bus, elevator, or in line for service. If you are loitering somewhere, you remain there or wa... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Hiberdating means dating in the winter months, or the situation that someone ignores all their other friends when they are dating a boyfriend/girlfriend. The second meaning is more popular. The word hiberdating is a blending of the word hibernating... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Moblivious is another term from the sphere of technology that quite a few people might be able to relate to. It means to stare at your phone whilst walking or driving and oblivious of your surroundings. Moblivious又是一个能让许多人想到自己的科技领域... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Screen rage means to talk back, yell or curse at a digital screen after a very unpleasant phone conversation or upset about a match result. 屏怒指打电话跟人发生争执或者对转播的比赛结果不满时对着电子设备的屏幕回骂、大喊或咒骂的情况。 Who hasn't talke... 阅读全文>> 日期:2015-11-26 Selfeet is a new variation on selfie, which means to capture a person's shoes atop high-impact flooring. 晒脚自拍是自拍的一个新门类,指用镜头捕捉双脚站在颇具视觉冲击力的地板上的画面。 Since they made their first appearances early last year, selfeets... 阅读全文>> |
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