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
abatement claim
accrediting criterion
aceglaton
air plants
alkaline-manganese cell
Ambadi, L.
angular pitch
Astanan
avalanche-journal
birdieing
blank matrix element
boohoo
bread-and-butter pudding
Carex orthostachys
Celsus's operation
chanthu
churn barrel
chylificatory
Ciboure
classification of sales
Clutha
combinatorial output
corticotropin-like intermediate peptide
covering over
deamidations
designated project
dgemric
double-ruling
eaches
efen
excitation winding pole coil
eye tracking test
fearmonger
foil, copper
force rendezvous
forest highway
freely convertible
fretting fatigue
gentiana oliveri dc.
glowstrip
gnophomyia (protogonomyia) scutellumalbum
Gravellona
hemiketals
high fire risk
hot blast air
impulse current relay
issuance of licenses
King Haakon B.
kunomycin
laryngo-pharyngitis
Lauren, Ralph
Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.
Medvedev-Sponheuer-Karnik scale
naphtholtrisulfonic acid
Nāyudupeta
Oconee, L.
olive-plant
on the cusp
outlay graft
ozone-destroyings
Peucetia
practical units
Processing device
psychological support
push-button
radial distrbution feeder
recirculation flow control
relief paper
renns
return someone's lead
rhacomitrium
rheumatism root
roundout altitude
saccoes
segregated zone
selectboard
self-focussing
six gun
sophera
special delimiter
subl
tauler
Technical Cooperation Administration
tecomin
tempemture-independent
tesaglitazar
tets
the vulgate
theory of game
tiger rattlesnakes
Tinospora capillipes
trichloroisocyanuric acid
unshapeful
UNV
uretero-
void item
voscafrine
Wabamun L.
warm sb
wet brake
wibbly
York R.