Yet during the Renaissance, this same material had been used against its "nature", in the Florentine tradition of sharply carved detail.

然而，在文艺复兴时期，同样的材料被用来对抗它的“本性”，按照佛罗伦萨的传统的精细的雕刻细节。

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The material typically used for the pages was parchment, which is animal skin that's stretched and dried under tension, so it become s really flat and can be written on.

书页通常使用的材料是羊皮纸，羊皮纸是一种动物的皮肤，其在张力的作用下被拉伸和变干，因此它会变得非常平整，并且你可以在上面写字。

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The U.S. has used ships to bring most of its heavy material, like tanks, to the region.

美国已用船把坦克等大多数重型物资运到了该地区。

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He tested the cement, and says less could be used because the rice hull ash makes it a stronger building material.

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One such material is asphalt, a substance often placed on top of buildings and used to cover road surfaces.

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At the time, the plant was used as packing material that protected other orchid plants arriving from Brazil.

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The Duke researchers used material collected from liposuction procedures performed on multiple human donors.

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He stuffed the used material in an empty beer can and hid it in his home, where it remained for years.

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He lived and worked in a poor community and he noticed many residents used material from old billboards for roofing, because it was waterproof and mildew-proof.

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