What a strange device, similar to a big microphone? Maybe for sponging planes?

多么奇怪的设备，类似于一个大的麦克风？也许是用来擦拭飞机的？

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In his cell, Michael makes sure the coast is clear, then begins to assemble a strange device using the gold watch, the shoelaces, the black socks and the mini tape recorder.

在牢房内，Michael确认周围安全后，用金表、鞋带和黑袜子还有小型录音机装配出一个奇特的设备。

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The child bent her chin upon her breast, and contemplated this device with strange interest; even as if the one only thing for which she had been sent into the world was to make out its hidden import.

这孩子把下额抵到胸口，怀着奇妙的兴致端详着这一玩艺儿，仿佛她诞生到这个世界上的唯一目的就是弄清其隐秘的含义。

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By the way, I'm going to leave also to your sections the strange confusion that ensues in taking a rhetorical device, metonymy, and making it synonymous with grammar on the axis of combination.

另外，我还将把奇怪的困惑留给你们思考,这个困惑随着使用修辞学策略和转喻而产生，并使得它在结合轴上与语法有着同样的意思。

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While it's not particularly surprising to hear about Amazon working on a smartphone, it is a bit strange to hear news of a possible 3D-enabled device.

CNN: Report: Amazon working on a 3D phone