种草Dyson自动卷发棒?先别急,卷发直发刘海的英文你都会说吗?

#文波带你看新闻学英语# 最近朋友圈里刮起了Dyson的大风,没错,这个最初以吸尘器闻名的英国品牌,继吹风机之后,又开始在美发届搞事情了。

这次的主角是一款自动卷发棒,号称“卷发黑科技”、“不能让女朋友看到”的Dyson Airwrap styler. 关于这款自动卷发棒也是褒贬不一,有将它视为神器的,也有觉得它鸡肋的。今天就来跟小编一起看看纽约时报(NYT, The New York Times)的这篇报道:

Dyson Targets Hair Beauty Market With $500 Styling Tool

LONDON — British vacuum-cleaner maker Dyson is making a second push into the high-end beauty market with a $500 hair styling tool that it has engineered to create curls, waves and smooth blow dries without extreme heat.

vacuum n. 真空;真空吸尘器;空间 adj. 真空的;产生真空的;利用真空的 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫

high-end adj. 高端的;高档的

engineer v. 设计;建造;策划;精明地处理 n. 工程师;火车司机;工兵

curl n. 卷发;卷曲;螺旋状物 v.(使)卷曲;使卷起来;盘绕

smooth adj. 顺利的;光滑的;平稳的 v. 变平滑;使光滑;使优雅;缓和;消除(障碍等) n. 平滑部分;一块平地 adv. 光滑地;平稳地;流畅地

blow n. 吹;打击;殴打 v. 风吹;喘气

 

这里顺便给大家普及几种刘海的说法:

1. 英式 – fringe

2. 美式 – bangs

3. iPhone X 齐刘海 – notch,本意:凹口,刻痕,等级

[外媒用notch指代iPhone X屏幕上方的”刘海”设计]

 

The Dyson Airwrap Styler harnesses a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect, whereby a high-speed jet of air attaches itself to a surface, to curl, wave or smooth hair, Dyson said.

harness v. 利用;套;治理;驾驭;披上甲胄 n. 马具;甲胄;日常工作;降落伞背带;挽具状带子

Coanda effect 康达效应,亦称附壁作用

whereby conj. 凭借;通过···;借以;与···一致 adv. 凭此;借以

attach to 依附,附属;加入;使依恋;把···放在

The company, which was founded by entrepreneur James Dyson in the 1990s to make his revolutionary bagless dual-cyclone vacuum cleaners, is one of Britain’s most successful manufacturing start-ups of the last three decades.

entrepreneur n. 企业家;主办者;承包人

revolutionary adj. 革命的;旋转的;大变革的 n. 革命者

dual adj. 双的;双重的 n. 双数;双数词

cyclone n. 旋风;气旋;飓风

manufacture v. 制造;加工;捏造 n. 制造;产品;制造业

start-up n. 新创公司;启动

It reported an annual profit of more than 801 million pounds ($1.05 billion) last year on 3.5 billion pounds of sales of products like its air purifiers and its battery-powered cleaners.

purifier n. 净化器;清洁者;精炼器;精炼者

Dyson entered the hair market two years ago with a dryer powered by one of its digital motors. The Supersonic dryer – which is priced at $399 – had been a “runaway success”, it said.

motor n. 马达,发动机;汽车 adj. 机动的;汽车的 v. 乘汽车;以汽车载运

runaway success 巨大成功

“We have been obsessively manipulating airflow for more than 25 years,” James Dyson said on Wednesday.

obsessively adv. 着迷地,着魔似地;过分地

manipulate v. 巧妙地处理;操作;操纵;篡改

airflow n. 气流;空气的流动 adj. 流线型的;气流产生的;让空气自由流动的

“Harnessing the power of Dyson’s digital motor we have engineered a unique styling tool which prevents extreme heat damage when styling.”

Dyson, which is working on its first electric vehicle, said it had taken six years and 24 million pounds ($31.4 million) to develop the Airwrap Styler.

vehicle n. 车辆;工具;交通工具;运载工具;传播媒介;媒介物

The Airwrap will be available in two variations priced at 399.99 pounds in Britain and $499.99 in the United States, or in one package that includes all accessories for 449.99 pounds or $549.99.

variation n. 变化;变异,变种

accessory n. 配件;附件;纵犯 adj. 副的;附属的;同谋的

原文地址:https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/10/09/business/09reuters-britain-dyson-hair.html

 

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