最近朋友圈里刮起了Dyson的大风，没错，这个最初以吸尘器闻名的英国品牌，继吹风机之后，又开始在美发届搞事情了。

这次的主角是一款自动卷发棒，号称“卷发黑科技”、“不能让女朋友看到”的Dyson Airwrap styler. 关于这款自动卷发棒也是褒贬不一，有将它视为神器的，也有觉得它鸡肋的。今天就来跟小编一起看看纽约时报（NYT, The New York Times）的这篇报道：

Dyson Targets Hair Beauty Market With $500 Styling Tool

LONDON — British vacuum-cleaner maker Dyson is making a second push into the high-end beauty market with a $500 hair styling tool that it has engineered to create curls, waves and smooth blow dries without extreme heat.

vacuum n. 真空；真空吸尘器；空间 adj. 真空的；产生真空的；利用真空的 v. 用真空吸尘器清扫

high-end adj. 高端的；高档的

engineer v. 设计；建造；策划；精明地处理 n. 工程师；火车司机；工兵

curl n. 卷发；卷曲；螺旋状物 v.（使）卷曲；使卷起来；盘绕

smooth adj. 顺利的；光滑的；平稳的 v. 变平滑；使光滑；使优雅；缓和；消除（障碍等） n. 平滑部分；一块平地 adv. 光滑地；平稳地；流畅地

blow n. 吹；打击；殴打 v. 风吹；喘气

The Dyson Airwrap Styler harnesses a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect, whereby a high-speed jet of air attaches itself to a surface, to curl, wave or smooth hair, Dyson said.

harness v. 利用；套；治理；驾驭；披上甲胄 n. 马具；甲胄；日常工作；降落伞背带；挽具状带子

Coanda effect 康达效应，亦称附壁作用

whereby conj. 凭借；通过···；借以；与···一致 adv. 凭此；借以

attach to 依附，附属；加入；使依恋；把···放在

The company, which was founded by entrepreneur James Dyson in the 1990s to make his revolutionary bagless dual-cyclone vacuum cleaners, is one of Britain's most successful manufacturing start-ups of the last three decades.

entrepreneur n. 企业家；主办者；承包人

revolutionary adj. 革命的；旋转的；大变革的 n. 革命者

dual adj. 双的；双重的 n. 双数；双数词

cyclone n. 旋风；气旋；飓风

manufacture v. 制造；加工；捏造 n. 制造；产品；制造业

start-up n. 新创公司；启动

It reported an annual profit of more than 801 million pounds ($1.05 billion) last year on 3.5 billion pounds of sales of products like its air purifiers and its battery-powered cleaners.

purifier n. 净化器；清洁者；精炼器；精炼者

Dyson entered the hair market two years ago with a dryer powered by one of its digital motors. The Supersonic dryer - which is priced at $399 - had been a "runaway success", it said.

motor n. 马达，发动机；汽车 adj. 机动的；汽车的 v. 乘汽车；以汽车载运

runaway success 巨大成功

"We have been obsessively manipulating airflow for more than 25 years," James Dyson said on Wednesday.

obsessively adv. 着迷地，着魔似地；过分地

manipulate v. 巧妙地处理；操作；操纵；篡改

airflow n. 气流；空气的流动 adj. 流线型的；气流产生的；让空气自由流动的

"Harnessing the power of Dyson's digital motor we have engineered a unique styling tool which prevents extreme heat damage when styling."

Dyson, which is working on its first electric vehicle, said it had taken six years and 24 million pounds ($31.4 million) to develop the Airwrap Styler.

vehicle n. 车辆；工具；交通工具；运载工具；传播媒介；媒介物

The Airwrap will be available in two variations priced at 399.99 pounds in Britain and $499.99 in the United States, or in one package that includes all accessories for 449.99 pounds or $549.99.

variation n. 变化；变异，变种

accessory n. 配件；附件；纵犯 adj. 副的；附属的；同谋的

原文地址：https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/10/09/business/09reuters-britain-dyson-hair.html

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