The flashes are optical effects created when sunlight is bent and broken into its component colors by Earth's atmosphere.

绿色闪光是地球大气使阳光发生折射并将阳光分解成其组成颜色的时候产生的光学效应。

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After a storm, tiny drops of water often remain in the air. (1) When sunlight enters a water drop, it is refracted or bent and broken into colors.

暴风雨之后，许多小水滴经常停留在空气中。太阳光照进水滴，发生折射，分解成各种颜色。

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Significantly, many weapons—and sometimes other objects, such as a craftsman's tools—were, like the objects in the hoard, bent or broken before burial.

显而易见的是，在埋存这些武器或者是工匠工具之前，被埋藏品受到了破坏和弯折。

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In that sense, Dead Addict argues, Internet culture has always bent, and sometimes broken, the legal rules.

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