义:to move lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another
twirl
英文释义:spin quickly
precariously
英文释义:likely to fall
tone
英文释义:to make your muscles firmer and stronger
usher
英文释义:to show or guide someone somewhere
take something personally
以为…是冲着自己来的:
英文释义:interpret a remark or action as directed against oneself and be upset or offended by it, even if that was not the speaker's intention
Photographer Maria Valentino, whose company has shot runway shows for this newspaper and other publications, warns baffled observers: 'Don't necessarily take it personally! A show is like an essay, a designer's opinion written in fabric on the body, in a given time period.'
玛丽亚·瓦伦提诺是个摄影师,她的公司为本报和其他刊物拍摄时装秀照片;她提醒那些一头雾水的观众说,“不必把看不懂时尚秀看成是你自己的问题!一场时装秀就像一篇论文,在一个特定时间内,设计师把想法写在布料上,然后被模特穿在身上。”
首先句子的主语是“Photographer Maria Valentino”,去掉插入成分简化句子后句子主干为:Photographer Maria Valentino warns baffled observers something。而在摄影师的话里,Don't necessarily take it personally 字面意思是别把这个看成针对你的,在这个语境里可以理解为这不是你的问题。后面两句将设计师设计衣服比喻成写论文,只不过表达想法的渠道不同, 是 written in fabric 的。
亚马逊女战士(Amazon)
亚马逊女战士(Amazon)可以说是第一代女权主义了。在希腊神话里,蓬托斯(Pontus)地区有一个全部由女人组成的Amazon部落,这个部落里的女人个个都是比男人还凶猛的女战士。
Amzon这个名词本身就是从希腊字Amazoi转变而来,其中A=without(没有)mzon=breast(乳房),这样的名字在古希腊人的理解下,等同于亚马逊女战士为了方便射箭把拉弓时容易阻碍的右边乳房给割掉了。
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