As internet memes go this one is definitely the cat's whiskers.

　　要说最新的网络模仿热潮，绝对非猫咪胡须照莫属。

　　Bearding involves holding a hapless moggie in front of one's face to give the impression of a glorious, luxuriant beard. And believe it or not, it's catching on. Some pet owners prefer to simply hold their cats up horizontally for a quick Grizzly Adams imitation, but to others this is little more than cheating.

　　“猫咪胡须照” 要求被拍照的人抱着一只猫(喵星人一定觉着自己很倒霉)，把猫放在自己脸前方，就能拍出一张人脸上长出华丽胡须的照片。信不信由你，这种行为极具传染力。有些宠物主人更喜欢让猫横躺过来，一秒钟变灰熊亚当斯。但对其他人来说，这就太假了。

　　For true bearding aficionados, the classic pose is a little more complex and involves holding the animal vertically nose-to-nose with it looking up for a Father Christmas look. The craze got off to a slow start with the first recorded picture of bearding uploaded to tumblr by a user named Catasters in July 2011.

　　对于真正的“猫咪胡须照”发烧友来说，正宗拍摄方法要复杂一些。首先要竖着抱起宠物，还要让猫猫仰头望天，使它的鼻子和主人的鼻子在同一垂直线上，这样主人看上去就像是圣诞老人。Tumblr网站用户Catasters于2011年上传了第一张“猫咪胡须照”照片，此后跟风热潮慢慢展开。

　　There was a small flurry of interest and the picture spread to a number of other social networking sites. But it wasn't until 2012 that the fad began to gather momentumfollowing the creation of a dedicated website cat-beard.com.

　　起初“猫咪胡须照” 引起一小部分人的关注，好几家社交网站分享了照片。但一直到2012年一家专注“猫咪胡须照”的网站(cat-beard.com)创立后，这种行为才真正成为全民热潮。

　　Longhair breeds are the most commonly bearded, however there has been a recent surge in the use of shorthairs, tabbies or in some rare cases small dogs.

　　长毛猫是人们在拍摄“猫咪胡须照”最常用的宠物，但最近也开始流行短毛猫和虎斑猫的照片，极少数情况下小狗也会出现在镜头里。

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