讓人驚喜的“街邊偶得”

如今，我們家里的物件更新速度很快。什么東西，如果哪里稍微有點(diǎn)壞，或者有點(diǎn)瑕疵，我們就會(huì)毫不猶豫地扔掉，然后買新的。

可是，被扔到垃圾箱里的不一定都是廢物。結(jié)實(shí)的書架，好看的花瓶，老舊的經(jīng)典唱片，或許都可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)在垃圾箱里。

Street score is a valuable or useful item found on the street or in the trash.
Street score指在街邊或者垃圾堆中無意發(fā)現(xiàn)的有價(jià)值或者有用的物件，謂之“街邊偶得”。

The word score is here used as a laundered version of a criminal slang term that means “goods or money obtained illegally, esp. as the result of a successful crime.”
這里的score原本是一個(gè)犯罪領(lǐng)域的俚語，指“作案成功后得來的贓物”，當(dāng)然，這里是已經(jīng)“洗白”的用法。

Street score這個(gè)說法2008年的時(shí)候就有人開始用了。我們來看看具體的例子：

Street score in Brooklyn!!! It’s been a while since I’ve found a gem in the trash. But this morning I stumbled upon a super clean copy of Voodounon by Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
在布魯克林街邊偶得！！！好久沒有在垃圾堆淘到好東西了。今早竟然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一張超級干凈的Lafayette Afro Rock Band的Voodounon唱片。

—johnnyfego, “street score in…,” Instagram, December 6, 2015

Our chairs were street scores, the gifts of garbage night.
我們的椅子都是在街邊撿回來的，垃圾堆之夜的饋贈(zèng)。

—Veronica Varlow, “Magic Monday: Room Readings are New Palm Readings,” Danger Diary, June 3, 2013

My nose has been known to twitch when a “street score” yields a new bookshelf, a set of drinking glasses, or someone else’s discarded knitting supplies.
每當(dāng)在街邊撿到一個(gè)嶄新的書架、一套酒杯或者別人扔掉的編織工具，我的鼻子就會(huì)抽動(dòng)。

—Karen Solomon, “Introduction,” The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to San Francisco, January 30, 2008

英文來源：Wordspy

（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Helen）