英语新词：那些其貌不扬的身边人eye broccoli

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　　我们原来介绍过eye candy这个词，说的是颇具吸引力的养眼美女。那如果是其貌不扬、长相平庸的人要怎么表达呢?现在英语里有对应的词了，这就是eye broccoli.
        　　Eye broccoli refers to an unattractive person. This is the physical antithesis of eye candy, a phrase that first starting appearing in print in the mid-1980s and refers to visually appealing persons or effects used to draw mass attention.
        　　Eye broccoli指长相普通，没什么姿色的人。这个词是eye candy的反义词，eye candy一词最早出现于20世纪80年代，指外表很有吸引力的人或者用于吸引大众注意的特殊效果。
        　　Eye broccoli refers to an unattractive person. This is the physical antithesis of eye candy, a phrase that first starting appearing in print in the mid-1980s and refers to visually appealing persons or effects used to draw mass attention.
        　　Eye broccoli指长相普通，没什么姿色的人。这个词是eye candy的反义词，eye candy一词最早出现于20世纪80年代，指外表很有吸引力的人或者用于吸引大众注意的特殊效果。
        　　This expression was first used on How I Met Your Mother by Barney to describe Marshall's secretary。
        　　Eye broccoli’这个说法最早出现在美剧《老爸老妈浪漫史》中，Barney用这个词形容Marshall的秘书。
        　　Barney: So, who's the eye broccoli?
        　　那个丑女是谁啊?
        　　Marshall: Hey, that's Iris, my new assistant. And yes, she is a little plain, but I'm married, so that's good.
        　　喂，那是Iris，人家是我的新助手。她的确是其貌不扬，不过我都结婚了，这样不是挺好的么。
        　　This expression was first used on How I Met Your Mother by Barney to describe Marshall's secretary。
        　　Eye broccoli’这个说法最早出现在美剧《老爸老妈浪漫史》中，Barney用这个词形容Marshall的秘书。
        　　Barney: So, who's the eye broccoli?
        　　那个丑女是谁啊?
        　　Marshall: Hey, that's Iris, my new assistant. And yes, she is a little plain, but I'm married, so that's good.
        　　喂，那是Iris，人家是我的新助手。她的确是其貌不扬，不过我都结婚了，这样不是挺好的么。