英语俚语天天说 第156期:这些年卖衣服的网红

 　　【讲解】：

　　"Wang Hong" or Internet celebrities¹ are described as having the similar features of a tiny face, sharp chin, extraordinarily² big eyes and often suggested to have had cosmetic³ surgery in South Korea.

　　However, many of them have already turned their good looks and online fame into money.

　　feature n. 特征

　　cosmetic surgery 整容手术

　　At 3 p.m. on July 27, a total of more than 5,000 clothing items sold out in two seconds from an online store run by Zhang Dayi.

　　A former model who frequented fashion magazines, Zhang is now the owner of an online shop that is set up on Taobao, China's largest online retailing⁴ platform run by Alibaba's Jack⁵ Ma.

　　All of the new products sold out in three days, which is equivalent to the sales volume of a brick-and-mortar shop over a one year period.

　　sold out 卖光；脱销

　　frequented v. 常去，常到（某处）

　　retailing platform 零售平台

　　equivalent to 等于，折合

　　brick-and-mortar shop 实体店

　　The shop owner Zhang has more than 3 million fans on China's Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like online platform, more than the fan base of many major stars.

　　The shop opened in May, 2014 and whenever new clothes come in, the shop ranks No.1 in women's clothes on Taobao that day.

　　base n. 基数

　　rank v.排名

1 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

2 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

3 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

4 retailing   

n.零售业v.零售(retail的现在分词)

参考例句：

• career opportunities in retailing 零售业的职业机会
• He is fond of retailing the news. 他喜欢传播消息。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。