我們原來介紹過eye candy這個詞,說的是頗具吸引力的養(yǎng)眼美女。那如果是其貌不揚、長相平庸的人英語要怎么表達呢?現在英語里有對應的詞了,這就是eye broccoli。
Eye broccoli refers to an unattractive person. This is the physical antithesis 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指長相普通,沒什么姿色的人。這個詞是eye candy的反義詞,eye candy一詞最早出現于20世紀80年代,指外表很有吸引力的人或者用于吸引大眾注意的特殊效果。
This expression was first used on How I Met Your Mother by Barney to describe Marshall's secretary.
Eye broccoli’這個說法最早出現在美劇《老爸老媽浪漫史》中,Barney用這個詞形容Marshall的秘書。
Barney: So, who's the eye broccoli?
那個丑女是誰啊?
Marshall: Hey, that's Iris, 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。她的確是其貌不揚,不過我都結婚了,這樣不是挺好的么。
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