Eye broccoli¹ refers to an unattractive person. This is the physical antithesis² of eye candy, a phrase that first starting appearing in print in the mid-1980s and refers to visually appealing persons or effects used to draw mass attention. (Source: Word Spy)

 

Eye broccoli指长相普通，没什么姿色的人。这个词是eye candy的反义词，eye candy一词最早出现于20世纪80年代，指外表很有吸引力的人或者用于吸引大众注意的特殊效果。

 

This expression was first used on How I Met Your Mother by Barney to describe Marshall's secretary.

Eye broccoli' 这个说法最早出现在美剧《老爸老妈浪漫史》中，Barney用这个词形容Marshall的秘书。

 

Barney: So, who's the eye broccoli?

那个丑女是谁啊？

 

Marshall: Hey, that's Iris³, my new assistant. And yes, she is a little plain, but I'm married, so that's good.

喂，那是Iris，人家是我的新助手。她的确是其貌不扬，不过我都结婚了，这样不是挺好的么。

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