像蛋糕顶一样的“腰间赘肉”
<p> 原来我们说过一个有关“腰间赘肉”的可爱英文表达，叫做<span word="love">love</span> <span word="handles">handles</span>。后来，人们大概发现腰间那圈赘肉也挺像蛋糕顶部的，所以又有了今天这个说法<span word="muffin">muffin</span>-<span word="top">top</span>。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="muffin">muffin</span>-<span word="top">top</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="overhanging">overhanging</span> <span word="fat">fat</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="spills">spills</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="waistline">waistline</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pants">pants</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="skirts">skirts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="manner">manner</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="resembles">resembles</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="muffin">muffin</span> <span word="spilling">spilling</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="casing">casing</span>. <span word="Muffin">Muffin</span>-<span word="tops">tops</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="generally">generally</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="undesirable">undesirable</span>.</p><p> <span word="Muffin">Muffin</span>-<span word="top">top</span>指腰间被裤子或裙子腰线勒出来下垂的赘肉，看上去像玛芬蛋糕顶部溢出纸托的样子，由此得名。一般来说，没有人喜欢自己腰间有那一圈赘肉的。</p><p> <span word="Muffin">Muffin</span>-<span word="top">top</span> <span word="originated">originated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="slang">slang</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-2003, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="English">English</span>-<span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="popularized">popularized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="Kath">Kath</span><span word="Kim">Kim</span>.</p><p> <span word="Muffin">Muffin</span>-<span word="top">top</span>这个说法2003年作为俚语出现在澳大利亚，后来在各个英语国家均被接受。最开始将其普遍传播的应该是澳大利亚电视节目《凯斯和吉姆》。</p>
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