看BBC如何介绍duang

 　　The character "duang" is so new that it does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread like wildfire online in China, appearing more than 8 million times on China's micro-blogging site Weibo, where it spawned¹ a top-trending hashtag that drew 312,000 discussions among 15,000 users. On China's biggest online search engine Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. It's been noticed in the West too, with Foreign Policy seeing it as a "break the internet" viral meme - like a certain Kim Kardashian image, or a certain multicoloured dress.

　　最近大热的“duang”是一个在汉语字典中并不存在的新词，不过这个字甫一出现就以燎原之势在中国的网络上迅速传播开来。这个字在中国的社交网站微博中出现了八亿多次。有15000名用户使用了它，并引发了31.2万次讨论。在中国最大的在线搜索网站百度，这个字的搜索量达60万余次，该现象同样引发了西方媒体的关注，《外交政策》杂志将其称作“引爆互联网”的病毒式传播事件，与之前金·卡戴珊的美臀照和著名的“白金黑蓝之争”的裙装同等待遇。

　　看BBC如何介绍duang

　　But what does it mean?

　　可是这个字到底是什么意思？

　　"Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like it's back to school for me," said Weibo user Weileiweito.

　　“每个人都在“duang”，可我连duang什么意思都不知道，这让我仿佛又重回了校园时代。”微博用户Weileiweito说。

　　Another user asked: "Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang."

　　而另一位用户发问“今天你“duang”了吗？”我现在满脑都是“duang，duang duang。”

　　"To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user BaiKut automan.

　　“Duang还是不duang，这是一个问题，”BaiKut如是说。

　　"Duang" seems to be an example of onomatopoeia, a word that phonetically² imitates a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 was featured in a shampoo commercial where he said famously defended his sleek³, black hair using the rhythmical-sounding "duang". The word resurfaced again recently after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to flood Chan's Weibo page with comments, coining the word in reference to his infamous⁴ shampoo appearance.

　　Duang是一个拟声词，用来形容一种声音，来源于香港影星成龙在2004年时拍的一则洗发水广告，他用了duang来形容乌黑亮丽富有动感的头发，而最近成龙在微博上再度使用了duang这一词汇，引得千万网友纷纷访问其微博页面，在该条微博下面评论，并造了这个字来指代他拍的那个洗发水广告。

　　The word appears to have

1 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

2 phonetically   

按照发音地，语音学上

参考例句：

• In actual speech, a phoneme is realized phonetically as a certain phone. 在实际会话中，音位总是以某个音素的形式得以体现出来。
• Though phonetically alike, they are written with different ideographs. 虽然语音相同，它们的书写却不同。

3 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

4 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。