iPhone6遭遇弯曲门 机身太薄易变形

 Owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus have been surprised with an unintended extra feature dubbed¹ 'bend gate'.

新iPhone 6 Plus用户惊讶的发现手机多了个意想不到的功能——弯曲门。

注：名词+ gate表示xx丑闻，源自Watergate（水门事件）。

Since the new model launched on Friday, reports have emerged online that 'a small but growing number' of iPhone owners claim the body of their latest Apple smartphone bent² after carrying the device was left in pockets for an extended period of time.

自周五新款iPhone发布以来，用户开始报告他们把新手机装在口袋里一段时间后，机身就会弯曲。这批用户虽然不多，但数目仍在增长。

Others took to social media, facetiously³ thanking Apple CEO Tim Cook for the 'flexible display' on their new gadget⁴.

另外一些用户则在社交媒体上“感谢”苹果CEO库克的“柔韧屏”手机

It is believed the thinner model and the use of aluminium⁵ metal in its design causes the phone to deform⁶.

据信，手机变形的原因是其厚度更薄以及使用铝金属。

However this isn't the first time iPhone frames have warped⁷ while the issue isn't unique to Apple, Mashable reports.

据Mashable报道，这并非首次发现iPhone框架变弯，而且这个问题也并非苹果手机独有。

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

3 facetiously   

adv.爱开玩笑地；滑稽地，爱开玩笑地

参考例句：

• The house had been facetiously named by some waggish officer. 这房子是由某个机智幽默的军官命名的。 来自辞典例句
• I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth's credit. 我有时候也曾将起因全部可笑地推在却利？福罗萨的身上。 来自辞典例句

4 gadget   

n.小巧的机械，精巧的装置，小玩意儿

参考例句：

• This gadget isn't much good.这小机械没什么用处。
• She has invented a nifty little gadget for undoing stubborn nuts and bolts.她发明了一种灵巧的小工具用来松开紧固的螺母和螺栓。

5 aluminium   

n.铝 (=aluminum)

参考例句：

• Aluminium looks heavy but actually it is very light.铝看起来很重，实际上却很轻。
• If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。

6 deform   

vt.损坏…的形状；使变形，使变丑；vi.变形

参考例句：

• Shoes that are too tight deform the feet.(穿)太紧的鞋子会使脚变形。
• Ice crystals begin to deform measurably.冰晶就产生某种程度的变形了。

7 warped   

adj.反常的；乖戾的；（变）弯曲的；变形的v.弄弯，变歪( warp的过去式和过去分词 )；使（行为等）不合情理，使乖戾，

参考例句：

• a warped sense of humour 畸形的幽默感
• The board has warped. 木板翘了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》