For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

因为他们逃避刀剑，和出了鞘的刀，并上了弦的弓，与刀兵的重灾。

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"This deflates the trap and stores elastic energy, like the stored energy in a bent bow, and also generates a depression inside, like with a rubber pipette," Marmottant explained.

这使陷阱收缩，储存了弹性能量，就像拉弯了的弓一样；同时在其内部产生压力，就像橡胶推压注射器一样。

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For a long time the bow was just a bent stick and string.

很长一段时间里，弓只是一根弯曲的棍子和绳子。

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The first technology--say, a stick bent and strung to make a bow--came from a need to improve an existing process of food gathering.

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