例一:Showing off Manly Beauty onT-stage(Shanghai Star September 6, 2004) On Nov 28th in 1999, the PARK97 bar located in Fuxing Park set up theT-Stageand covered the red carpet on it. The foreign and domestic models walked on it, combining the tradition and future; art and fashion at ease. 例二:A model descents in the air along a verticalT-stagein a "Fashion Show in the Air" held on the bank of Taiping Lake in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 23, 2004. (Xinhua photo/Dong Hongjing) 例三:People's Daily Online - Fashion Week Turns Into Feast for the Eyes:At the biannual China Fashion Week, the models paraded along theT-stagebrimming with energy, passion and a wild nature, which made them even more sexy and seductive. 从以上的例子中可以看出,作者想当然地认为“T型台”的英语说法就是 T-stage,而没有意识到这种说法有可能是错误的。我们在 catwalk:the long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show. 再看另外两个定义: catwalk: narrow platform; "Models displayed clothes on a catwalk at the fashion show". catwalk: a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. 实际上,catwalk还有一个意思是指建筑上悬在高空的狭窄过道 时装模特表演的舞台有时也未必都是T型,还包括L型或直线型,除了catwalk的说法之外,runaway ( 机场跑道) 和ramp |