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
(arithmetic) underflow
Abelian socle
alred
Ansar al Islam
anti-dropping device for cabin
Auricula atrialis
balls in hand
Banja Luka
bomas
bont
broadcast recognition access method
bullfight
Caras-Severin
CF-2
Chatuzange
clock edge
closed isobar
clowders
communitizations
crude wastewater
custom preparation
daily build and smoke test
deck-log
departure course
diesel electric set
diversity gate
duxfords
epinephelus lanceolatus
equalizer block
equilibrium in the Keynesian model
fixed conpensating magnet
flat disk turbine agitator
font definition
Francophonie, francophonie
gambetti
Geastrum coronatum
generation of trip
genus Serrasalmus
goalsquares
grazing fire
ground charging valve
hamate bone
hand bucket
identity validation
impotences
inlet compression ratio
innernet
iron covering
irradiation specimen basket
joseph pulitzers
kelabit
libary catalog
lucullean banquet
Makin Atoll
maskirovkas
material universe
matuta victor
meador
metallized dielectric
mortalising
mother-infant relationship
muddle about
mumpsimuss
nannyberry
night-boat
non-inflammatory calculus
p-hydroxyphenylamino-acetic acid
pilot signal
plate-type
pseudo-interrupt receiver address
pyridoxamines
quail at
quotaism
rabell
Rami lobi superioris
rehomer
reterritorializes
Rhode Island Sound
ripple through
Schutz
seabottom friction
silver lead ore
Sinalunga
single-break contacts
steering information
susceptance
talk-show campaign
tansies
tensile rupture
termination slip
textiles surveillance body
thrust reversing
transition beds
transmission objectives
truncature
Tsuga
two-throat carburetor
type code
vouched invoice
wire photo
xors