日本女性流行整“八重齿”

时间：2011-11-19 06:46:34

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Perfect teeth - white, straight and evenly aligned1 - may be the ideal in America, but that aesthetic2 is not for everyone. Japanese women are going gaga for a crowded, crooked-toothed smile with accentuated3 canine4 teeth, known as the 'yaeba' look.

洁白、整齐、排列均匀的牙齿也许在美国堪称完美，但这种审美标准并不适合于所有人。日本女性最近热衷于“八重齿”，也就是那种看上去挤得东倒西歪、还有突出虎牙的齿相。

Japanese women are going gaga for a crowded, crooked-toothed smile with accentuated canine teeth, known as the 'yaeba' look.
Japanese women are going gaga for a crowded, crooked-toothed smile with accentuated canine teeth, known as the 'yaeba' look.
Popular at dentists in Tokyo, a cosmetic5（美容的） procedure to create the yaeba effect involves attaching non-permanent adhesive6（粘合剂） mini-fangs to canine（犬齿） teeth.

Yaeba, meaning 'double tooth,' is a sought-after treatment at Dental Salon7 Plaisir in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza neighbourhood, where, perhaps in response to Twilight8 fans, Dr Kashiyama has been 'pushing' the $390 alteration9, according to InventorSpot.com.

Far from the usual blood-lusting connotations（内涵） of vampires10, the sharp-canined look is an attempt at making a smile more child-like, replicating11 the odd alignment12（队列） of smiles that are affected13 by delayed baby teeth.

The look - frothed about on blogs, Facebook fan pages and on Japanese TV - is seen as adding a well-calculated dash of imperfection to a pretty face, adding to a woman's desirability. Essentially14, says the New York Times, the look is about a desire to appear younger.

Pace University's Dr Emilie Zaslow, assistant professor of communication studies, told the newspaper: 'The naturally occurring yaeba is because of delayed baby teeth, or a mouth that’s too small. 'It’s this kind of emphasis on youth and the sexualization of young girls.'

The trend follows the Western fondness of late for the gap-toothed smile - also a 'young' dental look.

Made popular by the likes of models Lara Stone, Georgia Jagger and Jessica Hart, the Madonna-style grin became a requested look at New York salons15 last year.

Dr Marc Lowenberg, a cosmetic dentist in Manhattan, told the New York Times in 2010: 'The white standard got too white. The perfection standard got too perfect.'

Vincent Devaud, a ceramist（陶艺家） from Pasadena in California, added: 'What makes a person desirable and attractive? It's not the symmetry; it's perfect imperfections.'

Kirsten Dunst would surely agree. The actress told Elle UK that is very fond of her 'snaggleteeth.'

'I love my snaggle fangs,' she said. 'They give me character and character is sexy.'


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1 aligned 165f93b99f87c219277d70d866425da6     
adj.对齐的，均衡的
参考例句：
  • Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。
2 aesthetic px8zm     
adj.美学的，审美的，有美感
参考例句：
  • My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。
  • The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。
3 accentuated 8d9d7b3caa6bc930125ff5f3e132e5fd     
v.重读( accentuate的过去式和过去分词 )；使突出；使恶化；加重音符号于
参考例句：
  • The problem is accentuated by a shortage of water and electricity. 缺乏水电使问题愈加严重。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her black hair accentuated the delicateness of her skin. 她那乌黑的头发更衬托出她洁嫩的皮肤。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4 canine Lceyb     
adj.犬的，犬科的
参考例句：
  • The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
  • Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。
5 cosmetic qYgz2     
n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的
参考例句：
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！
6 adhesive CyVzV     
n.粘合剂；adj.可粘着的，粘性的
参考例句：
  • You'll need a strong adhesive to mend that chair. 你需要一种粘性很强的东西来修理那把椅子。
  • Would you give me an adhesive stamp?请给我一枚带胶邮票好吗？
7 salon VjTz2Z     
n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室
参考例句：
  • Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
  • You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。
8 twilight gKizf     
n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期
参考例句：
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
9 alteration rxPzO     
n.变更，改变；蚀变
参考例句：
  • The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。
  • He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。
10 vampires 156828660ac146a537e281c7af443361     
n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门
参考例句：
  • The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
  • If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白
11 replicating f99e0d57427bf581c14df13d1256bc97     
复制( replicate的现在分词 )； 重复； 再造； 再生
参考例句：
  • Applications create these partitions for storing and replicating data. 应用程序创建这些分区用来储存和复制数据。
  • The closest real things to these creatures were bits of self-replicating RNA. 最贴近这些造物的实物是能做一点微不足道的自复制的核糖核酸。
12 alignment LK8yZ     
n.队列；结盟，联合
参考例句：
  • The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
  • Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。
13 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
14 essentially nntxw     
adv.本质上，实质上，基本上
参考例句：
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
15 salons 71f5df506205527f72f05e3721322d5e     
n.（营业性质的）店( salon的名词复数 )；厅；沙龙（旧时在上流社会女主人家的例行聚会或聚会场所）；（大宅中的）客厅
参考例句：
  • He used to attend to his literary salons. 他过去常常去参加他的文学沙龙。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Conspiracy theories about Jewish financiers were the talk of Paris salons. 犹太金融家阴谋论成为巴黎沙龙的话题。 来自互联网

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