呼啦圈 hu la hoop
互联网服务提供商 ISP (Internet Service Provider)
互联网普及率 Internet penetration rate (The Internet penetration rate rose to 38.3 percent, up four percentage points from the same period in 2010, increasing by 55.8 million Internet users. 互联网普及率上升至38.3%,与2010年同期相比上升了四个百分点,新增网民5580万。)
虎鲨 tiger shark.(US diver Craig Clasen fought with a 12ft tiger shark for nearly 2 hours when it tried to attack his friend during an underwater spear fishing expedition in Louisiana.美国潜水员克雷格•克拉森在美国路易斯安那州的海底潜水捕鱼时,为了保护自己的同伴,在水中与一条12英尺长的虎鲨搏斗了两个小时。)
护身法宝 amulet
胡同串子 peddler; hawker
互通有无 supply each other’s needs
呼吸衰竭 respiratory failure
忽悠 sweet-talk, coax, wheedle. (You cannot sweet-talk me into helping you! 你别想用好话哄我帮助你。)
户主 head of a household
胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)
滑板车 scooter
华表 ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele
滑草 grass skating
华盖 canopy
环境保护 protect the environment
花旗银行 National City Bank of New York
化学色素 chemical dyes
花样游泳 water ballet
花葬 flower burial (Residents of Wuhan, in Central China’s Hubei province, are asked to consider flower burials by pouring ashes into the cellar beneath flower beds, xinhuanet.com reported Tuesday. 据新华网周二报道,湖北省省会武汉市号召市民采用花葬,将骨灰洒进花坛下方的地窖。)
画中画 picture-in-picture (PIP)
化装棉 cotton pads
化妆水 toning lotion
化妆晚会 mask party
花边新闻 tidbit (Interesting tidbit: "a group known as the Kallawaya use Spanish or Quechua in daily life, but also have a secret tongue mainly for preserving knowledge of medicinal plants, some previously unknown to science. 'How and why this language has survived for more than 400 years, while being spoken by very few, is a mystery,' Dr. Harrison said in a news release.")