These flow features are extensive systems—sometimes hundreds of kilometers in total length—of interconnecting, twisting channels that seem to merge into larger, wider channels.

拥有庞大的系统是径流渠道的流动特征——有时总长达数百公里——这些系统由蜿蜒交错的渠道组成，而且这些渠道可能会并入更长更宽的渠道。

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The twisting had previously been blamed for a 60-year cycle in day length, but the rate of rotation found in this study suggests it is not the culprit, says Jon Mound at the University of Leeds, UK.

这种震动以前被诟病为60年周期性日长变化的原因，但该研究发现的自转速度表明，它并不是罪魁祸首，英国利兹大学的乔恩芒德说。

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The house had grown disturbed doors pestering at their frames whenever the weather drew breath, clatters on the roof, something twisting, searching overhead, and meanwhile she dreamed a little of being underwater, swimming the length of an obstacle course, both a game and an obstacle course, in some kind of terrible amusement park.

NEWYORKER: Wasps