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IsaacMizrahi_2018V-_纽扣是如何改变时尚的_
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| There are no bad buttons, there are only bad people. |
没有不好的扣子,只有不好的人。 |
| How does that sound? OK? |
那听起来真么样？可以吗？ |
| [Small thing.] |
“小物件” |
| [Big idea.] |
“大想法” |
| [Isaac Mizrahi on the Button] |
“Issac Mizrahi 谈纽扣” |
| No one knows who invented the button. |
没有人知道是谁发明了纽扣。 |
| It might have shown up as early as 2,000 BCE. |
早在公元2000年前纽扣就有可能出现了。 |
| It was decorative when it first started, just something pretty sewn onto your clothes. |
开始时它是用于装饰的, 就是一种缝在衣服上好看的东西。 |
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decorative:adj.装饰性的;装潢用的; sewn:v.缝纫,缝上;装订(sew的过去分词);
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| Then about 3,000 years later, someone finally invented the buttonhole , and buttons were suddenly useful. |
大概3000年以后, 人们最终发明了扣眼, 然后纽扣就突然有利用价值了。 |
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finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地; buttonhole:n.扣眼;钮孔;vt.强迫听或谈;
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| The button and the buttonhole is such a great invention. |
纽扣和扣眼是伟大的发明。 |
| Not only does it slip through the buttonhole, but then it kind of falls into place, and so you're completely secure, like it's never going to open. |
不仅纽扣可以滑入扣眼, 而且还固定在位。 因此你会感到很有安全感, 就像它永远不会敞开一样。 |
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slip:v.溜;下降;滑落;n.纸条;衬裙;
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| The design of a button hasn't changed much since the Middle Ages . |
从中世纪以来,纽扣的设计 并没有发生多么大的变化。 |
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Middle Ages:n.中世纪(欧洲历史上从公元1000年到1450年);
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| It's one of the most enduring designs in history. |
这是历史上经久不衰的设计之一。 |
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enduring:adj.持久的;耐久的;v.忍耐;忍受;持续;持久;(endure的现在分词)
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| For me, the best buttons are usually round. |
对我来说, 最好的纽扣是圆的。 |
| There's either a dome button with a little shank , or there's just this sort of round thing with either a rim or not a rim, either two holes or four holes. |
不管是带有小柄的 钟形纽扣, 亦或是这样圆的带边或不带边的, 有两个洞或四个洞的。 |
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dome:n.圆屋顶;vi.成圆顶状;vt.加圆屋顶于…上; shank:n.柄;小腿;[解剖][脊椎]胫; rim:n.边,边缘;轮辋;圆圈;vi.作…的边,装边于;vt.作…的边,装边于;
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| Almost more important than the button is the buttonhole. |
比纽扣更为重要的是扣眼。 |
| And the way you figure that out is: the diameter of the button plus the width of the button, plus a little bit of ease. |
你可以通过以下方式知道扣眼长度: 扣子的直径和厚度, 再留上一点儿空隙。 |
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diameter:n.直径;对径;放大率;放大倍数; width:n.宽度;广度;某一宽度的材料;(游泳池两长边之间的)池宽;
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| Before buttons, clothes were bigger -- they were more kind of amorphous , and people, like, wriggled into them or just kind of wrapped themselves in things. |
在扣子出现以前 衣服都显得很大—— 他们就是一些没有形状的东西, 人们就转进衣服里去, 或者将他们缠在身上。 |
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amorphous:adj.无定形的;无组织的;[物]非晶形的; wriggled:vi.蠕动;蜿蜒而行;vt.使蠕动;蠕动到;不知不觉地潜入;n.蠕动;扭动; wrapped:adj.极高兴的;十分满意的;v.用…包裹;用…缠绕;(wrap的过去分词和过去式)
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| But then fashion moved closer to the body as we discovered uses for the button. |
当我们开始使用扣子的时候, 时尚悄悄的接近我们身体。 |
| At one time , it was the one way to make clothes fit against the body. |
一时间,纽扣可以让衣服更合身。 |
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At one time:曾经,一度;同时;
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| I think the reason buttons have endured for so long, historically , is because they actually work to keep our clothes shut. |
我认为,纵观历史, 纽扣之所以经久不衰, 是因为它能够 扣住我们的衣服。 |
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endured:v.忍耐;忍受;持续;持久;(endure的过去分词和过去式) historically:adv.历史上地;从历史观点上说;
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| Zippers break; |
拉链会坏; |
| Velcro makes a lot of noise, and it wears out after a while. |
粘扣有噪音,并且 用一阵子后也会坏。 |
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Velcro:n.维可牢(一种尼龙搭扣的商标名称);
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| If a button falls off, you just literally sew that thing on. |
如果扣子掉了, 你把他们缝上就好了。 |
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literally:adv.按字面:字面上:确实地:
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| A button is kind of there for the long run. |
扣子的发明就是 为了长久使用的。 |
| It's not just the most elemental design ever, it's also such a crazy fashion statement . |
它不仅是最基本的设计 也宣告了一个时尚风潮的开始。 |
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elemental:adj.基本的;主要的;自然力的;四大要素的(土,水,气,火); fashion statement:n.时尚宣言(为引人注目而穿戴或拥有的奇装异服);
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| When I was a kid, my mom knit me this beautiful sweater. |
我小时候,我母亲 给我织了这件漂亮的外套。 |
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knit:v.编织;针织;机织;(使)紧密结合;n.针织衫;编织的衣服;
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| I didn't like it. |
我不喜欢它。 |
| And then I found these buttons, and the minute the buttons were on the sweater, I loved it. |
但是我发现了这些纽扣, 当毛衣缝上了纽扣, 我立马就喜欢上它了。 |
| If you don't have good taste and you can't pick out a button, then let someone else do it, you know? |
如果你没什么品味 你也不会挑选纽扣, 那就让懂行的帮助你吧,你明白吗？ |
| I mean that. |
我就是那个意思。 |