A blind box is a series of toys from various medias of entertainment. The toys are boxed in a way that the toy inside the box is a mystery to the consumer.
盲盒是各种娱乐媒体的系列玩具。这些玩具的包装方式是,对消费者来说,盒子里的玩具是一个谜。
“盲盒”还有另外一种翻译“mystery box”。
A mystery box is a box that contains a special random product. Buyers are willing to pay a fixed price without knowing the content until they open the box.
盲盒是一种包含特殊随机产品的盒子。买家自愿支付一个固定的价格,但是直到打开盒子才能知道里面的内容。
还有一种和盲盒很相似的东西叫“福袋”,英文直接翻译成“lucky bag”就可以。
再为大家介绍一些和“box”有关的短语和俚语表达。
box sb's ears 打…的耳光
“box”作为动词,有“(与…)斗拳;参加(拳击比赛)”的意思。
box sb/sth in 把…困住/受限制
When I got back to my car, I found it had been boxed in by a lorry.
回来时发现我的车被一辆卡车堵在里面了。
She did not want to send her son to a school where he would be boxed in by so many rules and regulations.
她不想把儿子送到一所被规章制度束手束脚的学校。
box office 戏院或电影院的)票房,售票处
The box office opens at ten.
售票处10点开门。
box ticking 逐项核查,打勾
A lot of what the care home inspectors do is simply box ticking.
老人院的检查员所做的很多事情都是简单的逐项打勾而已。
文章中提到的“黄牛”,翻译成英文可以说“scalper”或者“tout”。
scalper /ˈskæl.pɚ/ 倒卖(戏票等)的人
A scalper offered me a $20 ticket for the concert for $90.
有个黄牛可以卖给我一张音乐会的票,票值为20美元,他要价90美元。
tout /taʊt/ 票贩子,黄牛
Britain's best-known ticket tout once boasted that he could get you tickets for anything.