时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:各大品牌英文介绍


英语课

The Barbie doll is one of the most successful toys in history. It was launched in 1959 by the U.S. toy manufacturer Mattel. It has since become a cultural icon 1. American businesswoman Ruth Handler came up with the idea of an adult doll for small girls after seeing her daughter dressing 2 up paper dolls. The name ‘Barbie’ comes from Handler’s own daughter Barbara. Over 350,000 dolls were sold in the first year. Over a billion Barbies have been sold since. Clever marketing 3 means toy execs keep Barbie up with the times. They adjust to every cultural challenge and change. Her waist was recently widened to avoid stereotypes 4 that women must be thin. She also sports a tattoo 5 on her back. Sales are also boosted by a range of pets, cars and accessories – everything the young woman might need.


 



1 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
2 dressing
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
3 marketing
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
4 stereotypes
n.老套,模式化的见解,有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化,使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )
  • Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
  • It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调,我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 tattoo
n.纹身,(皮肤上的)刺花纹;vt.刺花纹于
  • I've decided to get my tattoo removed.我已经决定去掉我身上的纹身。
  • He had a tattoo on the back of his hand.他手背上刺有花纹。
学英语单词
absolute steam pressure
accommodative asthenopia
acetonic acid
algebra of matrices
arm of flesh
backtrack condition summary
basic peripherals
bawlin
BGLU
block station
calcifying epithelioma
carefirst
cervical fold
chesnokov
cineholography
clothespinned
coloboma of lens
Combatin
common gypsum
compiler structure
concrete sleeper
condyloin
coulombic interaction
cusa
delucia
dirty side
double-cut chainwheel
eclecticizes
emancipate the productive force
entophthalmia
excessive sulfur content
explicit smoothing
failure predication
fallahin
fitly
flocculent
fumers
gonycoria
ground-water reservoir
Hymenanthera
identity development
illuminating lamp
leapfrogs
lenoblite
livyere
Malindang, Mt.
marine arch
metal forming machine tool
multidimensional minimization
multifunction fading
namenode
nickel sulfaminate
non-protein nitrogen(NPN)
nordyke
nuisance organism
Nupharipollis
O-R system
parchita
passing trade
PF private flow
Phangnga, Changwat
phlogistic
podiatry
pragmalinguistic
premium rates
pro-smoking
prompt capture gamma radiation
reception of double polarization
red - winged blackbird
repair works
return water
rsdg
Runneberg's disease
scintillating solution
septic splenomegaly
shaft bottom plan
Spiraea veitchii
spontaneous gangrene
standard goniometer
statistics as a whole
stray
stretchablest
strong-minded
stub wing
sufactant
supraanal pad
tangle-legs
telegraph orderwire
Tetradium trichotomum
thickening agents
translucence (translucency)
triactic
tropical monsoon rainforest
uncontrolled fuel-assembly
undertake project
undisonant
unmannerliness
vacuum-valve receiver
van nuys
Vickers diamond hardness number
Virginia rail
wellands