今天学了一个有意思的词

CANDYMAN · 发表于 2014-6-26 21:53

BUTTERFACE, google it

YZSUNNY · 发表于 2014-6-27 04:46

美国俚语:butter face 形容女孩除了脸蛋以外很性感
就是说，脸长得丑。
后看sexy，前看Dinosaur（恐龙）。
魔鬼身材，也有魔鬼容颜……

健康营养站 · 发表于 2014-6-28 15:43

解释的到位.

炽月 · 发表于 2014-6-29 17:02

三个字背多分

linazhang · 发表于 2014-6-29 21:51

背多分

richardzhng · 发表于 2014-7-1 15:16

good word

foreverjia · 发表于 2014-7-5 07:22

good far from, far from good

yxguyxgu · 发表于 2014-7-9 23:10

but her face

paul_deng · 发表于 2014-7-30 16:58

midland · 发表于 2014-8-6 09:10

thanks for sharing

Below is from wiktionary

Etymology 1[edit]
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! i2 H$ O; U5 r  d6 p& i# G( OContraction of "but her face" (as in: "Everything about her is great, ... but her face.")./ d9 e3 O& A4 d0 Y& M
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Noun[edit]
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butterface (plural butterfaces)
0 w. g  O1 y% i( q: {- K1.(slang, pejorative) A woman who has an attractive body but less attractive facial features.  [quotations ▼]
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7 X8 Y- F$ s# C. Q$ B3 r2 b" ]Synonyms[edit]. K8 T% O$ H' \  g3 h% W! `
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Antonyms[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
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butter +‎ face, influenced by the above
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Noun[edit]
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: H; k2 c6 w8 v7 y0 S- L% cbutterface (plural butterfaces)) O, d6 i3 ^6 R
1.A person with mushy, unattractive facial features. I love you, but you're such a butterface I can hardly look at you.5 k2 D4 f4 @7 o! @+ T/ p4 X& i
2.The face of an unattractive person. I can't even look at her, she's got such a butterface.* j, P0 U: a9 \# Q

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CANDYMAN · 发表于 2014-9-17 19:09

再普及一个smoke and mirrors 这个英语专业8级以下的都要Google it

CANDYMAN · 发表于 2014-10-4 00:38

比如有人夸奖你生意做的红火，你要谦虚一下，不能按中文习惯说生意不行，而是用it is just smoke and mirrors.

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