Or the crystals, which are sharp, needle-like structures, poke their way through the cap covering the cholesterol deposit, like nails through wood.

或者针状结构的尖锐晶体像钉子刺穿木头那样，刺穿‘帽子’样的胆固醇沉积物。

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An anomaly is a simple drawing by Martin Puryear for "Box and Pole, " his first major sculpture (a 52-inch cube next to a 100-foot needle, both carved in wood), installed at Artpark in 1977.

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