Chopsticks can be made of a variety of materials, including bamboo, wood, lacquer, jade, ivory, plastic, aluminum, silver, and gold.

筷子所用的材料的种类则各有不同，所选材料有竹子、木材、漆器、玉石、象牙、塑料、铝、银、以及金。

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Each session has a theme,and participants are given a variety of materials and prompts and asked to cover surfaces with their thoughts and art.

每个会议都有一个主题，参与者会收到各种各样的材料和提示，并被要求利用自己的奇思妙想和技巧来填补空白。

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This solution can then be deposited onto a variety of materials, including flexible plastics or metal foils.

这种溶液能够沉积在各种材料之上，包括易弯曲的塑料物体或是金属箔片。

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For an inexpensive manufacturing process, Norton has turned to electroplating, which has been around for more than a century for coating a variety of materials.

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While industrialised 3D printing has been around for decades, printing in a variety of materials including ceramics, metal and rubber, the desktop versions are far more limited.

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There they were exposed to bacteria which now had the job of breaking the sugar into succinic acid, a colorless, odorless substance that is heavily used in the food industry as a sweetener but can also be used in the production of a wide variety of materials, including medicines, bioplastics and even laundry detergent.

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