回顾--2002年流行英语词汇(3)

时间：2007-10-17 03:04:55

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Top Ten California Youthspeak

1. Hottie Object of affection, either personally or in the cultural milieu1.

2. For shizzle Variation of ‘for sure’, popularized by rapper Snoop Dogg.

3. Tight Replacing 'cool'.

4. Phat Way cool, as in ‘rolling phat’.

5. Hella An intensive: hella tight or hella phat.

6. Wassup This greeting refuses to die, entering mainstream2 circles.

7. Flow Dinero, money. Originally from ‘cash flow’. Also, ‘bank’ for lots of flow.

8. Poppins Perfect. In the California version of Cockney rhyming slang ‘toppins’ rhymes with Poppins, which connotes Mary Poppins who was ‘perfect in every way’.

9. Bling bling The sounds of diamond and gold jewelry3 clinking together.

10. Stog Cigarette, short for ‘stogy’.

 


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1 milieu x7yzN     
n.环境；出身背景；(个人所处的)社会环境
参考例句：
  • Foods usually provide a good milieu for the persistence of viruses.食品通常为病毒存续提供了一个良好的栖身所。
  • He was born in a social milieu where further education was a luxury.他生在一个受较高教育就被认为是奢侈的社会环境里。
2 mainstream AoCzh9     
n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的
参考例句：
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
3 jewelry 0auz1     
n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝
参考例句：
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

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