回顾--2003年流行英语词汇(3)

时间：2007-10-17 03:08:25

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Top Ten Youthspeak Words

　　1. What Up? Present incarnation of the ever popular: Wassup?

　　2. Give it up! Replaces the square: please applaud for?

　　3. Shut up! YouthSpeak for 'Really?'

　　4. Stog Cigarette, short for 'stogey'.

　　5. SNAG Sensitive New-Age Guy.

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

　　7. Poppins Perfect, as in 'Mary Poppins is perfect in every way.'

　　8. Tricked Out Souped-up.

　　9. Rice Rockets Tricked out Japanese compacts, as opposed to American 'muscle' cars.

　　10. Side Show Temporarily cordoning² off a freeway to perform outrageous³ car stunts⁴ in tricked-out rice rockets.

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1 milieu
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 cordoning
v.封锁，用警戒线围住( cordon的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Or they should seek to slice through the entanglements, cordoning off the dangerous bits. 或者他们应该寻求切片通过纠缠，逃离危险的处境。来自互联网

3 outrageous
adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的
参考例句：
Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。 Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

4 stunts
n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。 The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。来自《简明英汉词典》