2014年度十大英语新词之二：剁手族

2. Hands-chopping people 剁手族

剁手族多指网络消费者，只要看到优惠就想买，鼠标一点，支付就完成，买回来的东西却不一定真的有用。他们虽然嘴上喊着“买太多，恨不得剁手”，可是见到心动的商品，还是忍不住会下单。

The world's biggest online shopping day on Nov 11 has ended with record sales of 57.1 billion yuan ($9.34 billion) for China's Alibaba. Taobao said that the number of the so-called "hands-chopping people", has reached 1.08 million out of its 500 million registered customers.

全世界最盛大的网络购物节日“双十一”以阿里巴巴571亿元的创纪录销售额画上句号。淘宝方面表示，在其5亿注册用户中，可以称为“剁手族”的已达108万。

"Hands-chopping people" are big online spenders who self-mockingly say that they would like to chop their hands off after buying too much online.

“剁手族”其实就是网络购物大户，他们自嘲地表示，因为在网上买了太多东西，他们恨不得将自己的手剁下来。