【now.com體育】“Miss Wong, he gel his hair!”(Miss Wong, 他用了髮蠟!)的確,學生不時會用各種方法去look good。例如趁天氣涼穿上毫不保暖的「潮牌」外套,又或者把西褲改成超級窄腳褲,早前又興「roll袖」。男生們為了「靚」,可以去到幾盡? 撰文:Kate Wong
星期日在英格蘭對立陶宛那場賽事中,Jamie Vardy(占美華迪)被拍到左眼疑似用了eyeliner(眼線液)。而這eyeline,在互聯網上隨即“raise a few eyebrows”。
Eyebrows指的是眉毛,raise(a few)eyebrows是指揚起眉毛的動作,也是一習語,其引伸意思是使人吃驚或震驚,有時候也有表示否定的意思。例句:Ivan's claim about his disapproval of the management board raised a few eyebrows. (Ivan那對管理層作出否定的言論令人震驚。)
而華迪是否因為「貪靚」而畫眼線?雖然他已在一訪問中澄清那是一瘀傷,但社交平台上對其的「惡搞」和評論十分有創意。
如果想形容那個人很「貪靚」,在英語中可以直接寫成“He/She cares about his/her appearance so much.”而“vain”和“conceited”可以用來形容一個自負的人,當中“vain”則有對自己的外表如面容和衣著等很講究或自信的意思。
例句:Daniel is such a vain person who spends most of this time checking his reflection in the mirror. (Daniel十分注重外表,他花很多時間在鏡子前整理儀容。)
其實在男校,普遍男生可能也不太講究儀容,頭髮蓬鬆不修邊幅的也不少,畢竟要討好的人大概都不在校內吧。
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撰文:Kate Wong
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