--  作者：southernsky --  时间：2007-6-19 7:28:09 --   电电车 BC trolley bus Equipped with lithium battery and capacitor, the new environment-friendly electric bus has been introduced into Shanghai recently. It can run for a day with a single recharge and doesn't produce emissions. 非茂型 non-mall shopping center Open-air shopping centers become more popular among customers because of the spacious environment and fresh air. Not like traditional indoor shopping malls, the open-air ones can be surrounded by trees, flowers, even bridges and creeks. Among the 11 shopping centers opened last year in Shanghai, four are non-mall centers. 碳足迹 carbon footprint Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted through the consumption of fossil fuels. It is the impact that businesses, organizations or individuals make on the planet from the use of energy. 袋鼠爸爸 kangaroo dad It refers to a dad who takes care of his child as diligently as a mother. In particular, it refers to a dad who often has skin-to-skin care of his baby to show the intimacy of a loving dad. 掏空族 hollow clan The term refers to people who are so overworked that they have no time for recharging themselves through continuing-education or training. They tend to become "hollow" because they are burning out all their knowledge, energy and enthusiasm they had accumulated in the past. 借壳上市 backdoor listing Backdoor listing, also called reserve takeover, refers to attempts by a non-listed company to acquire a publicly traded firm to go public. A slew of Chinese mainland brokers are now seeking to conduct backdoor issues as they fail to meet regulatory requirement of posting profit for three consecutive years or they want to find a faster and cheaper way to be listed. 账外账 concealed account It refers to a secret account a company or work unit keeps outside its official account. This practice is frequently uncovered among some state-owned enterprises, whose managers are bent on chiseling away at state-assets. 本草纲木 dumb and annoying It is an expression popular with youngsters when they call a person stupid, noisy, and dull. The expression, borrowed from the title of an ancient Chinese medicine encyclopedia, Compendium of Materia Medica, plays on the four Chinese characters 笨 (stupid), 吵 (noisy), 戆 (simple-minded), and 木 (unresponsive), which sound similar to the title. 果冻族 jelly clan It refers to those young Chinese born in the 1980s who are seen as soft and fragile as jelly. They usually have pleasant looks but a weak heart and boast little resistance against pressure. 太太团 WAG The term refers to the wives and girlfriends (WAG) of sportsmen that fly to a match to encourage their hu**ands and boyfriends, a common sight in the Western sports scene. 零号 size zero This term originally means a US size in women's clothing, which is equivalent to size 4 in UK. But now it's also used to describe a small, fashion model-like body. 混搭 mix-match This term is popular with fashion-conscious youths when they talk about the practice of achieving an original effect by intentionally wearing clothes of drastically different styles, that would cause traditionalists to raise their eyebrows. 电眼 electrifying eyes Youngsters in China these days use the expression to refer to the beautiful eyes of either a female or a male that are said to send a shiver down the spine of the attracted beholder, like an electric current. 腐败掮客 corruption broker This phrase mainly refers to lawyers who bribe judges on behalf of their clients. Wu Zhenhan, former president of the Hunan Provincial Higher People's Court, was sentenced to death with a two-year grace period, for taking six million yuan in bribes. 护考 exam escort The college entrance exam has become such a critical moment in high school graduates' life that they are often escorted to and from the examination venues by their parents or relatives. 数码痴呆症 digital amnesia This term refers to people who rely too much on digital products, such as mobile phones and computers, so their memories deteriorate.

--  作者：gwen --  时间：2007-6-19 11:45:23 --   这么好的帖子一定要再顶出来！

--  作者：whyl0802 --  时间：2007-6-19 12:59:00 --  回复：送你一些你一定喜欢的词汇 楼主费心了。

--  作者：02yy007 --  时间：2007-6-19 16:15:18 --   都是时髦的词汇 真好啊

--  作者：sammiwang --  时间：2007-6-20 17:31:11 --   楼主真是个用心的人呐！ 收下了， THANKS A LOT

--  作者：southernsky --  时间：2007-7-6 12:50:51 --   回炉 retraining, further education It originally means to melt down scrap metal or recook bakery to get it reprocessed or achieve a better flavor. These days, the term refers to people who re-enroll into an educational institute to improve oneself to get better prepared for competition in the fierce job market. 组合拳 policy package, joint action It refers to the practice of resorting to a package of policies or tactics or a multi-prong approach to tackle a specific issue. The term derives from the sport expression of combination blow in kung fu and boxing. 少女系男生 sissy boys It refers to those young males who resemble their female peers both in look and behavior. 大非/小非 big/small non-tradable stock The big non-tradable shares account for five to ten percent of the stock capital and are tradable two years after the reshuffling is completed while the small ones account for less than five percent of the capital and are tradable one year after the reform of stock right is completed. 飞线 jumper wire Some IT manufacturers prefer to make a shortcut on their circuit boards as a remedy to fix bugs caused by wrong designs. Producers often claim that it is a component. However, users often reject products with jumper wire and consider them as substandard. 手滑了/手抖了 slip of fingers The Chinese phrase means “a slip of hand” or “a shivering hand.” This phrase is often used to explain a simple typo in writing as, more often than not, office workers are using keyboard to type text into computers. 主张厌食者 pro-ana This Chinese term derives from the English word pro-ana, a conjunction of the prefix “pro” (in favor of) and “ana” (short for anorexia). It refers to people who support anorexia as a kind of lifestyle. 考托 exam scalper This term refers to people who register online to possess exam qualifications and then sell registration numbers to real exam goers. 干货 substance, real stuff The term originally means dry cargo or dried food, but it is often figuratively to mean substantial stuff or the essence of things. A person has ganhuo if he or she has solid thoughts. A book has ganhuo if it is not full of wishy-washy mumbo jumbo. 蚕茧族 cocoon clan Quite a few young office workers opt to stay at home and do things alone as much as possible to shun social activities at free time, turning their residence into a cocoon. 车搭子 carpoolers This term refers to people who organize carpools for convenience as they live in the same or neighboring residential areas. The car owner will charge a fee to set off the fuel cost. But local authorities frown upon the practice, believing it blurs the line between carpools and unlicensed taxi services. 便当 bentou The term is a translation of the Japanese word for the takeaway boxed lunch. On the Chinese mainland, people usually call it "hefan," meaning "boxed meal" or lunch box, while in Taiwan, a growing number of people now use the term "bentou." 御宅族 otaku Otaku is a Japanese term used to refer to a variety of geek, fanboy or fangirl, particularly one obsessed with such hobbies as manga. When applied to a person, it can have either positive or negative connotations depending on the situation and the person using the term. 鸭子舰队 drifting rubber ducks This term refers to hundreds of thousands of Chinese-made rubber ducks which dropped into the water after a sea accident in 1992. After 15 years of floating on the sea, many of these rubber bath toys have washed up on the shores of North America and Europe. One division is expected to invade Britain's shores next year. Their prices have skyrocketed. 现实空间 meatspace