In order to commemorate the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day.
为了纪念这一天,他们给它命名为“光棍节”。
Locals have nicknamed it "blue diamond"; its colour comes from being cleaved from centuries-old compressed ice at the ancient heart of the glacier.
当地人称它为“蓝钻石“;它的颜色来自于古老冰川中心几个世纪压缩冰的崩裂。
People on Wall Street found that difficult to say -federal National Mortgage Corporation - so they nicknamed it Fannie Mae; it sounds like a woman's name.
华尔街的人觉得这名字很拗口,联邦,国民,抵押,贷款,协会,所以给它起了个昵称,房利美,这听起来像个女性名字。
It was nicknamed Swine Flu, although a few months later public health experts began calling it by its proper name: H1N1.
VOA: standard.2009.12.25
People on Wall Street found that difficult to say -Federal National Mortgage Corporation- so they nicknamed it Fannie Mae; it sounds like a woman's name.
华尔街的人觉得这名字很拗口,联邦,国民,抵押,贷款,协会,所以给它起了个昵称,房利美,这听起来像个女性名字
When an old friend moved to Huntington Beach,California - a Pacific coast city nicknamed Surf City,USA - he realized it was time to live his dream.
VOA: standard.2010.08.04
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