Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for slices of cucumber.
正常情况下，猴子们很乐意用石头换黄瓜片。
There Prometheus hung on the rock for hundreds of years.
普罗米修斯就这样被绑在石头上好几百年。
If you haven't been living under a rock for the last few decades you know who John Lennon was.
即使你在过去的几十年里并没有经受摇滚乐的洗礼你也会知道谁是约翰·列侬。
Some local Nepalese hunters found me and dragged me into a cave, where I lay on a rock for seven days.
一些当地的尼泊尔猎人找到了我，把我拖进一个洞里，我在里面的一块大石头上躺了七天。
Holes have been bored in the rock for air and cables for a heart monitor and emergency telephone line.
这块大石灰岩上已经钻了一些孔给伯安什瓦尔透气，也连好了电缆，以方便进行心脏监测和艺术家拨打求救电话。
I got some inspiration for giving the same old speech when Tina Turner came to Little Rock for a concert.
当蒂娜·特纳来小石城开演唱会时，我获得了一些“老调重弹”的灵感。
When winds blow particles against a large rock for a long time, the softer layers of the rock are slowly worn away.
由于风把砂粒刮起来， 碰撞大岩石，久而久之，较松软的岩石层就被慢慢地磨损。（译成汉语复句的表原因的偏句）
The explosion cracks the earth's surface and scatters ash and huge chunks of rock for many kilometers around the vent.
这样的爆炸把地表炸开以后，其火山灰和巨大石块可散落到火山口周围好几公里远的地方。
When winds blow sand particles against a large rock for a long time, the softer layer of the rock are slowly worn away.
由于风将砂粒刮起来，碰撞大岩石，久而久之，较松软的岩石层就被慢慢地磨损。(只能译成“较”，不能译为“更”)。
For there creatures to become oil, it was necessary that they should be imprisoned between layers of rock for an enormous length of time.
这些生物要变成石油，必须被密封在岩石之中很长时间。
Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last few months, you know that IBM is pretty excited about the latest release of Informix.
除非您过去几个月一直躲在岩石后面，那么您肯定知道IBM对Informix最新版本颇感兴奋。
I know my daughter's energy is wasted on me; the mother who has lived under a rock for many years as far as style and fashion is concerned.
我知道女儿在我身上白费了不少工夫；在她看来，作为母亲的我多年来的形象都是跟不上时尚潮流的。
As Greenland's ice retreats, other economic activity will flourish. Miners are prospecting newly revealed rock for gold, rubies, diamonds and more.
因为格陵兰的冰正在融化，其他经济行为将繁荣，矿业很有前途，最近勘探岩石中到含金、红宝石和钻石等。
The selling out of the item was an interesting twist after the brand was mocked by Twitterusers for literally selling a rock for such a hefty price tag.
就在推特用户对该品牌高价卖石头冷嘲热讽之后，石头的售罄标志着一个有趣的转折。
Schrag argues that drilling an escape route for water that has remained trapped in the porous rock for millions of years will help ease the pressure on the rock.
施拉格认为，为留存在多孔岩石中数百万年的海水钻出疏散的通道有助于减轻岩石承受的压力。
Since it is not easy to judge the direction of force in a fall, much less the extent of force, the belayer must evaluate each situation and make use of the rock for the most secure position.
由于在降落过程中很难判断受力的方向，更不用说受力的大小，因此保护者必须对每一种情况进行估量，并利用岩石取得最安全的位置。
The open pit areas are surrounded by an array of sculpted tailings ponds and mine dump areas; these receive mine waste rock for storage and later leaching for further recovery of metals.
露天矿坑周围是一些开挖尾料的堆弃池和废矿垃圾场。储存在这些地方的废弃矿石，稍后经过过滤可以深入提取其中的金属。
We spent a couple of days in Hot Springs with Mother, Jeff, and Roger, then went back to Little Rock for a prep course on the Arkansas Bar exam, which proved helpful enough that both of us passed.
我们在温泉城与母亲、杰夫还有罗杰一块儿小住了两三天，随后返回小石城去参加一门针对阿肯色州律师考试的培训课程。
For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and country music.
可以向不懂西部摇摆乐的人解释，这是融合了爵士乐，节奏布鲁斯，摇滚乐和乡村乐的一种音乐形式。
For a new life, the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it pulls its beak out.
为了获得新生活，鹰会用喙撞击岩石，直到它把喙拔出来。
But rock art also has a practical value for researchers and let's start by considering why that is.
但岩石艺术对研究人员来说也有实用价值，让我们先来看看为什么会那样。
His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
他的音乐并不是那种用来吸引古典音乐的听众而包装设计的流行音乐；他的音乐是为那些沉迷于摇滚音乐而不是古典音乐的听众而打造的高级艺术。
The rock material flows up from Earth's interior here, at the split, which forces the two sides of the ocean floor to spread apart, to make room for the new rock material.
岩石物质从地球内部的裂缝处向上流动，迫使海底向两边分开，为新的岩石物质腾出空间。
Local people have also carved out over two hundred caves in the soft rock, and use them for everything from sacred burial places to food storage.
当地人还在这块松软的岩石上凿出了200多个洞穴。它们有着各种各样的用途，用作神圣的墓地也用作食物储藏室。
Sedimentary rocks—the most common rock type near the surface—are also the most common reservoirs for water because they contain the most space that can be filled with water.
沉积岩——地表附近最常见的岩石类型——也是最常见的储水层，因为它们可以装水的空间最多。
For those who want to get into shape, rock climbing is a fun and effective way.
对于那些想强健身体的人来说，攀岩是一种有趣又有效的方式。
He reached for a cigarette and lit it, fingers rock steady.
他伸手拿了一支烟点着，手指纹丝不动。
He reached for a cigarette and lit it, fingers rock steady.
他伸手拿了一支烟点着，手指纹丝不动。
应用推荐