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外媒：“长草”头饰风靡 你们中国人真会玩

时间：2015-08-31 23:54:38

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 　　When it comes to fashion, just about anything goes. But some might feel that one Chinese city has gone too far in its quirky new trend.

　　说到时尚……啥事都可能发生。但是有些人可能觉得——中国城市正流行起来的新兴时尚有点太过了……
　　Citizens in Chengdu, the capital of south west China's Sichuan province have been spotted1 sporting quirky antenna2 hairpins3.
　　位于中国西南四川省的成都市市民，正满大街带着十分奇特的天线发夹。
　　Around 100 different designs are available for the unusual hair accessories, which have been worn by the young and old, reported People's Daily Online.
　　据人民日报在线报道，这种不走寻常路的发饰有大约100种不同的设计款，老少皆戴。
　　长草
　　Many of the hairpins are different varieties of plastic flowers.
　　很多发夹是不同种类的塑料花。
　　From afar, it looks like a plant has germinated4 from the top of a person's head.
　　远远看去，好像人的脑袋上长出了植物。
　　Upon closer inspection5, it looks more like an antenna.
　　近看就更像天线了。
　　According to reports, the antenna hairpins have appeared all over Chengdu recently.
　　据报道，天线发夹最近已经占领了成都。
　　Initially6 they were restricted to touristy areas but have since spread to other parts of the city.
　　一开始只局限于游客常出没的区域，但是如今已经蔓延到城市的角角落落。
　　Many people are wearing them because they thought the hairpins made them look cute, and it's not just restricted to women or children.
　　许多人带着天线发夹是因为他们觉得，这种发夹看上去萌萌哒，而且不仅女人和小孩可以戴（男人也可以？！！！）

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1 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
2 antenna QwTzN     
n.触角，触须；天线
参考例句：
  • The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
  • In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。
3 hairpins f4bc7c360aa8d846100cb12b1615b29f     
n.发夹( hairpin的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The price of these hairpins are about the same. 这些发夹的价格大致相同。 来自互联网
  • So the king gives a hundred hairpins to each of them. 所以国王送给她们每人一百个漂亮的发夹。 来自互联网
4 germinated 34800fedce882b7815e35b85cf63273d     
v.（使）发芽( germinate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • First, the researchers germinated the seeds. 研究人员首先让种子发芽。 来自辞典例句
  • In spring they are germinated and grown for a year in beds. 春季里，他们在苗床发芽并生长一年。 来自辞典例句
5 inspection y6TxG     
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
6 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。