恶劣天气中产生的气泡比平时更多，正是这些气泡吸收了鲸鱼发出的“滴答声“。

It is these that absorb whale "clicks": Rough weather generates more bubbles than usual.

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在形式上，一秒钟，或者说一次“滴答声”被定义为在小心受控条件下，微波能量喷发或是铯133原子吸收的9 192 631 770个循环。

One second is formally defined as 9, 192, 631, 770 cycles, or "ticks and tocks," of microwave energy emitted or absorbed by cesium-133 atoms under carefully controlled conditions.

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两边的包厢只可以吸收大约40%的声音(Beranek, 1979)，提供相当的反射声到观众区和表演区。

The sides of the boxes are only about 40% absorptive (Beranek, 1979) so they provide a substantial return of reflected sound back to the room and to the performers.

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