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n.倍數adj.復合的
It is lightweight impermeable to liquids, readily cleaned and reused , durable yet fragile,
它又薄又輕且不透水，易清洗可反復使用，耐用但是易碎，
and often very beautiful Glass can be decorated in multiple ways and its optical properties are exceptional.
通常精美的鏡片是經過雙重的工藝加工的，它的光學特質是無以倫比的。
mantle
n.遮蓋物, 斗篷
The rocks of the crust are composed mostly of minerals with light elements,
地殼巖石由鋁和鈉等大量礦物質和輕元素組成，
like aluminum and sodium, while the mantle contains some heavier elements, like iron and magnesium.
覆蓋面由鐵和鎂等重元素組成。
inevitable
adj.不可避免的
The reaction of farmers to the inevitable depletion of the Ogallala varies.
農場主們對無法避免的奧加拉拉蓄水層枯竭的反應各不相同。
historians-historian
n.歷史學家
These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians.
如多數男作家一樣，女作家也同樣是業余歷史愛好者。
fresh
adj.新鮮的
freshwater
adj.淡水的
refreshing-refresh
v.使清新
This job gave Smith an opportunity to study the fresh rock outcrops created by the newly dug canal.
這份工作為史密斯提供了機會，使他能夠接觸和學習那些因為運河開掘而露出地面的新鮮巖層。
favor
n.贊成
Having little understanding of natural causes, it attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces,
因為較少的了解自然的成因，所以他把期望的或者不期望發生的事情都歸因于超自然或者神奇的力量，
and it searches for means to win the favor of these forces.
他們需要尋找一種工具去贏得這些力量的支持。
explore
v .探測；探險
explorers-explorer
n.探險家
exploration
n.勘查
exploratory
adj.探險的
Existing technology cannot fully explore the properties of pheromones.
現有技術無法全面探索信息素。
dwellers-dweller
n.居民
dwells-dwell
v.居住
But city dwellers also developed other pleasures which only compact communities made possible.
城市居民也發展了只有小社區能發展起來的業余愛好。
drought
n.干旱
For good measure, during the spring and summer, drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and other frustrations might await the wary grower.
在春季和夏季，要精確量度干旱、熱量、冰雹、蝗蟲和其他損失可能是一件疲勞的事情。
divided-divide
v.分, 劃分
These can be divided into preformed or passive defense mechanisms and inducible or active systems.
這些可以分為預先防御機制和被動防御機制，以及可誘導或活躍機制。
decay
v.腐朽, 腐爛n.腐朽, 腐爛
As soon as the oxygen is gone, decay stops and the remaining organic matter is preserved.
當氧氣消耗殆盡分解便停止，留下剩余的有機物。
copper
n.銅
coppersmiths-coppersmith
n.銅匠
Virtually all copper worked by smiths was imported as sheets or obtained by recycling old copper goods.
鐵匠的所有銅品幾乎全部出口成薄板，或是被破舊銅品回收。
complicated
adj.復雜的
But this type of engine was expensive and complicated, requiring many precision-fitted moving parts.
這種引擎既昂貴又復雜，需要精確合適的可替換標準件。
ceremonies-ceremony
n.儀式
ceremonial
adj.正式的
Unfortunately, this explanation fails to explain the hidden locations, unless the migrations were celebrated with secret ceremonies.
不幸的是，這一解釋并未對隱蔽處進行解釋，除非移民舉行了秘密慶祝活動。
cast
n.演員陣容, 鑄件v.投；圖謀
It also casts off attached structures such as tentacles.
觸須等附件也被拋棄了。
brick
n.磚
When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market,
當他使用自己設計的冰箱來運送黃油去市場的時候，
he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting stuff in the rubs of his competitors
他發現顧客們都愿意拒絕他的競爭者手中那些在桶中快速融化的黃油，
to pay a premium price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks.
而以更高的價格購買他的黃油，它們既新鮮又堅硬，整整齊齊排放著，一磅一塊。
beneath
adv.在...之下
At the same time at margins of converging plates,
與此同時在匯聚版塊邊緣，
the oceanic crust is being reabsorbed by being subducted into the mantle and remelted beneath the ocean trenches.
海洋地殼通過與地幔結合而被吸收，并在海溝下被再次融化。
accompanying-accompany
v.陪同；伴隨
With appropriate banking of the extra food, the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger.
由于補給食物充足，曼丹人可抵御歉收以及隨之而來的饑荒。
animation
n.卡通制作, 活潑
The specialized requirements of particular urban situations have further expanded the use of art in public places:
由于城市生活的特殊需要，公共藝術的范圍也在不斷擴大，
in Memphis, sculptor Richard Hunt has created a monument to Martin Luther King, Jr., who was slain there;
在孟菲斯，雕塑家理查德·亨特創作了馬丁路德·金雕塑，
in New York, Dan Flavin and Bill Brand have contributed neon and animation works to the enhancement of mass transit facilities.
在紐約，丹·弗萊文和比爾·布蘭德用霓虹燈和動畫作品展現了公共交通設施的擴展。
