Two years ago,European researchers reported that aspirin may have what they called a "long-term protective effect against colorectal cancer."

VOA: special.2010.12.14

And the solution to this equation looks like this where it is written in terms of a quantity called a wavefunction.

这个方程的解法是,看起来像是写成数学符号就是,波函数。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

There is one pub called a... there's one over by the Thayer Street, which is an old English pub,

有一个酒馆叫……塞耶街有一个，一个很老的英国酒馆，

世界是我的家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

His train is unsafe. Yet he stays on the job after other workers have called a strike against the railroad company.

VOA: special.2010.09.06

So I'm going to solve this by enumerate and check, which is an example of what's called a brute-force algorithm.

你懂的,所以我得靠列举和检验来解决这个问题,这就是我们说的穷举算法。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He invented the skill of throwing a special rope called a lasso over a cow's head to catch wandering cattle.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

We're gonna have a so called a loop, an infinite loop and you actually experience this in the real world.

我们将会做一个循环，一个无限循环，你会在这个,真实世界里体验它。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Information that is used to draw attention away from the real facts of a situation is called a red herring.

VOA: special.2011.04.10

So, the engine that I'm going to illustrate is called a Carnot engine.

这个热机,叫做卡诺热机。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

President Franklin Roosevelt's wife Eleanor planted what was called a "Victory Garden" as part of the war effort in nineteen forty-three.

VOA: special.2009.03.31

It's the most simple-- or often called a bill-- a discount bond does not pay interest; it's sold at a discount.

它是最简单的,经常被称为国库券,它是一种贴现债券,且不付息,并以折扣价发行

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Many patients suffer from weakness or what is called a "pins and needles" feeling in the arms and legs.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

So, the bowlers do their bowling and sometimes they knock down all the pins, which is called a what? A strike.

投球手投球时,有时他们撞到了所有障碍物，这叫什么呢，全打。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

In modern terms,the hot oven that the glassblower uses to quickly reheat the glass is called a "glory hole."

VOA: special.2009.09.16

A kind of a pin used to hold your cloak together, called a fibula, unknown in the previous period.

一种别住披风的别针,称之为扣针,这在之前的时期从未出现过

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

New legislation in Congress proposes to require all states to have what is called a graduated driver licensing system.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

This is called a dative bond.

这种化学键称为配位键。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Clay becomes very hard when it is put in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

The text into which any early modern seventeenth-century writer would jot his or her thoughts into, his reading notes, was always called a commonplace book.

他的阅读笔记,那是许多早期的十七世纪现代作家都会深深思考的笔记，它常常被称为一本普通的书。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He also wanted to create what he called a hit factory, an idea he got from working for the Ford Motor Company.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

leitwort Such a word is called a leitwort, A recurring word that becomes thematic.

这样的词叫做关键词，一个反复出现的词语便能表明主题。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The difference is that the printer builds a three-dimensional scaffolding out of a sugar-based material called a hydrogel.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

What all of these channels have is what's called a selectivity filter, so this filter filters out the type of ion that's going to be allowed through.

这些离子通道都有的一部分,就是所谓的选择性过滤器，这个过滤器,会滤过允许穿过的离子。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

A congressional committee has called a hearing Wednesday to discuss legal issues related to head injuries in football.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

The name giving part for the hair cell is so-called a hair bundle.

所以叫毛细胞,是因为这种细胞有一个发状的纤维束。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

On Thursday President Obama blamed the incident on what he called a "systemic failure across organizations and agencies."

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Timpani or as it's sometimes called a kettledrum, and it was playing two different pitches, actually sort of playing this pitch and this pitch, the octave and then the fifth.

定音鼓,或者有时称作半球形铜鼓,它正演奏两个不同的音高,实际上在演奏这个音高和另外一个音高,八度音阶和这个五度

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Each hair on a person's head grows from a single tube-like hole in the skin called a follicle.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

However, their biological relatives in Mexico would presumably have that same risk, but it would never be manifested if they're not exposed to what some have called a toxic food and physical activity environment.

而且,他们远在墨西哥的血缘亲属,可能也面临同样风险,但他们面临着所谓的有毒食物和活动环境,这个说法就不会得到证实

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

But what we will find is, it's more convenient to lump these two numbers into a single entity, which is called a vector.

但我们会发现,将两个数值看作一个整体会更方便,我们称之为矢量

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选