单词 | Popsicle |
释义 | Popsicle Pop.si.cle AHD: [p¼p“s¹-k…l, -s¹k”…l] D.J. [6pKps!k*l, -7s!k*l]K.K. [6p$ps!k*l, -7s!k*l]NONE(无词性)A trademark used for a colored, flavored ice confection with one or two flat sticks for a handle. This trademark sometimes occurs in lowercase in print:“The roast duck . . . is best avoided; it is the color of an orange popsicle and flabby” (Washington Post). It occurs in the plural: “The neighborhood children cavorted in the street buying snow cones and Popsicles” (Chicago Tribune). The trademark also occurs in figurative contexts: 棒冰:一种彩色的有香味的冰制甜食的商标名,这种冰棍装有一或两根扁木棍以便手持。这一商标名有时用小写体印刷:“烤鸭最不受欢迎;它有冰棍般的桔黄色且肉松而无味” (华盛顿邮报)。这个词也可用作复数: “邻近地区的孩子们在街上欢腾跳跃,竟相购买雪糕和冰棒” (芝加哥论坛报)。这一商标名也用于比喻: “&I{[He]} likes blue and lavender lighting and finds lots of excuses to use it in the neon Popsicle landscape whose unrealness he celebrates” (&b{Boston Globe})“[他] 喜欢蓝色和淡紫色的灯光,并想尽借口将它们使用于霓虹灯广告牌中,他喜欢这种招牌的不真实性” (波士顿环球) |
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