Glass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime.
自从美索不达米亚和埃及时代以来，玻璃就已经被制造出来了，它只不过是沙子、苏打灰和石灰的混合物。
I resolved to spend time in the accountants' glass tower, as well as in one or two of their homes, in order to build up a snapshot of an average day in the life of an accountant.
我决定在会计师们的玻璃高塔里待上一段时间，在一两个他们的家里也是一样，从而能构建起一幅属于一个会计师的平常日子的快照。
The glass bubble is peaceful and as the lonely beauty of Ontario slips by, so does the time.
火车掠过安大略省寂寥的美景，圆形的玻璃窗外一片平和，时间也就这样消逝了。
But at that time, the light pulses could travel only about 20 meters through the glass fibers before 99 percent of the light had dissipated.
但是在那个时候，光脉冲在玻璃光纤中只能穿行20米，99%的光都被损耗了。
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door and peered through the glass.
我上气不接下气地赶到学校，敲了敲教师办公室的门，从门上的玻璃往里面窥探。
The startling discovery has come to light at Cambridge University, after the glass vessel was put on public display there for the first time.
这只玻璃容器首次在剑桥大学公开展出后，这个惊天大秘密才被揭晓，试管婴儿的实验开始进入公众视线。
Snow-white lay for a long, long time in the glass coffin, but showed not the least signs of decay.
白雪躺在玻璃棺材里很久很久，但是却没有一点点腐烂的迹象。
But over time the Murano glass furnaces also began to produce ever more elaborate types of beads, which came to be known as perle, or pearls.
随着时间的推移，当地制作出更为精美的玻璃珠子，被称作丝光珠，或者玻璃珍珠。
We spent a good deal of time in the Kildare Street Museum passing our hands over the glass - cases, feeling or believing we felt the Odic Force flowing from the big crystals.
我们花了很多时间去基尔代尔街博物馆，把手放在玻璃橱上，感受从大块水晶内传来的自然力。
Under very high pressure, the samples switched from their amorphous, glassy state to form a single crystal -- the first time this behavior has been seen in a glass. The discovery.
在非常高的压力下，样品从无定形的、玻璃态转化成为单晶——这是第一次在玻璃中发现这种行为。
And, that equation will tell you how exactly over time this thing is going to spread out and start filling the entire glass.
扩散方程将会告诉你，随着时间的流逝，这些东西如何扩散，最后布满整个杯子。
I can remember the first time I saw one, at the St. Louis Zoo, and the feeling that certain death was just on the other side of the glass.
我还记得在圣路易斯动物园第一次看到它的情形，玻璃的另一边充斥着死亡的气息。
Wood burning stoves and etched glass panels onboard evoke a time of Parisian art deco sophistication from the Roaring 1920s.
车厢中的燃木炉火和透光镶嵌玻璃，精致无比，充满了上世界20年代的巴黎装饰风格。
It doesn’t need to be “I want to lose 10 pounds in the next month” but something like, I’ll drink a water of glass each time I wake up in the morning” or “I’ll wait 2 hours until I eat once again”.
这些目标不一定是“下个月我一定要减10磅”，完全可以是“每天早晨起床后我要喝一杯水”或者“进食两个小时后才能再吃”。
Jillian Russo: "an illustration of passing time - a firefly inside a wine glass."
JillianRusso：“展示的是流逝的时间-酒瓶里的萤火虫。”
Be a time-traveler, or someone with time-traveling vision, and see the future of this glass, from this moment until it inevitably breaks.
做一个时间旅行者，或者拥有一双能穿越时间的眼睛，去看看这个杯子的未来，从现在到它最终被打碎。
Afterwards he'd combed his hair back, put on some faded jeans and a long-sleeved blue shirt, poured himself another glass of tea and gone to the porch, where he sat every day at this time.
之后他把头发梳回原样，穿上退了色的牛仔裤和一条蓝色长袖衬衫，又给自己倒了一杯茶，走向门廊，他每天这个时候都坐在这里。
But ensure you add it a drop at a time through a sugar cube on a spoon placed over the glass of absinthe.
但你需要一滴一滴地加——在酒杯上架一个勺子，里面放一块方糖，每滴水都需要穿过这块糖滴入酒中。
Living conditions are hard in this concrete, steel and glass urban jungle, that has been cut away from nature a long time ago, with pollution reaching truly alarming levels.
在这个混凝土，钢铁和玻璃的都市丛林中，很久以前就与大自然无缘，污染达到令人震惊的程度，生活条件极为艰苦。
For now, NASA wants to keep them shuttered most of the time to protect the fused silica glass from orbital debris.
根据美国宇航局的要求，为了保护这些石英玻璃窗不被轨道碎片击碎，它们大部分时间应该处于关闭状态。
Time, then, to raise a glass of mulled wine to the EU’s four freedoms of movement: people, goods, services and capital? Up to a point.
从某种意义上说，现在是时候举起烫热的酒杯，祝愿一下欧盟的四种自由运动了：人员，商品，服务，首都。
If you like a glass of wine in the evening, have it with dinner — around 6 p.m. rather than 11 — and drink in moderation, so it'll wear off by the time you lie down.
假如你喜欢在晚上喝上一杯酒，那就在晚餐时喝吧，大约6点而不是11点，饮酒适量，这样在你睡前酒劲就会散去了。
Time, then, to raise a glass of mulled wine to the EU's four freedoms of movement: people, goods, services and capital? Up to a point.
从某种意义上说，现在是时候举起烫热的酒杯，祝愿一下欧盟的四种自由运动了：人员，商品，服务，首都。
Business leaders are by instinct glass-half-full type of people but, this time, few believe their companies' future lies in their own hands.
本能而言，企业领导人都是心态乐观积极之人，但这一次，没几个人相信公司的未来掌握在自己手中。
From time immemorial, M. sur M. had had for its special industry the imitation of English jet and the black glass trinkets of Germany.
从一个不可考的时代起，滨海蒙特勒伊就有一种仿造英国黑玉和德国烧料的特别工业。
It's only half a glass of wine per serving and quite refreshing, especially in the dry heat of winter-time homes.
虽然汽酒中只含半杯酒的酒精，但是它非常清爽提神，特别是在冬天又干又热的家里。
It's only half a glass of wine per serving and quite refreshing, especially in the dry heat of winter-time homes.
虽然汽酒中只含半杯酒的酒精，但是它非常清爽提神，特别是在冬天又干又热的家里。
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