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
aminocetone
anhelous
aryl radical
astereognosia
black jura
bold as a lion
brace rail
burglarizes
Calusa I.
cattycorner
cocking bridge
coigny
compilation record sheet
constrictive pericarditis
control software
Corallodiscus plicatus
cut-off bar
cuticolour
diecutting
dissynagogue
dodged
drilling test
Drucoles
E1 Basriyé
epistolizes
ethadione
field coverage
field experiments
fitted linear regression line
flat lamp shade
foetal organ
Frederictonian
frocked
gimnasio
grain storage silo
grassy death camas
gravity slope
gum sangapenums
hammer-beam
height clearance
hydraulically profitable section
hyperex ponential distribution
Jagganath
Killinghall
Kénédougou, Prov.du
laswell
Leti, Kep.
light drill
liquid hydrogen loading valve checking ladder
lunation
Marked Tree
megistotherm
metric number
microminiaturise
miniature boiler
mufflers
nonenhancement
peacekeeping operations
perijovian
planar cam
porrections
preauricular flstula
primary perineum
psychobitches
pteris tripartita sw.
pull-out button
pusta
quick charge
real economies
regoliths
reinterviewing
relative wear of the tool flank
ring shock absorber
ringe
RO2-6222
saint-eustache
satellite positioning system
sawoot
sham madness
sliding center sill
sound scatterer
spitbraais
spread-eagleist
spring a mine on someone
subcontextual
subdetection
substance expiration date
superloo
Tew
thrice-blessed
throme
top ripping
transformation directive
tumor of sinus of nose
underground water tank
uniting of states
upperstage
vegetable mould
waitressing
wallaby acacia
waste and scrap account
worker cell