It doesn't really matter as long as we're comfortable talking about entire space-time worm, the car and the slices, or the stages.

只要我们接受,它整个是条时空虫,可以接受它的切分，阶段,这样就可以了。

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So I would help myself to this language of space-time worm object that extends not only over space but also over time, and distinguish the entire worm from the various slices or stages that either make up the worm or we could slice the worm into.

然后我借助时间虫这个词,这是描写物体,贯穿时间和空间的词语，并区分出整条虫,和不同的部分,这些部分是组成虫，或者虫可以切分成的。

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