When not in use, the fins are tucked into special grooves or depressions so that they lie flush with the body and do not break up its smooth contours.

当鱼不使用鱼鳍时，会将它们折叠起来，收回到特殊的沟槽或者凹陷部位；这样鱼鳍就可以与身体保持齐平，以维持它们平滑的外形。

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By lunchtime, children were tossing rocks at the animal's blowhole while its limp body swayed in the shore break like so much seaweed.

到了午餐的时候，孩子们向动物的喷孔处扔石头，它的疲软的身体在岸边就像很多海藻一样摇摆。

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Damaged cells are then cleaned up and the body sends cells specially designed to break down the large muscle fiber fragments.

受损细胞随后被清理干净，并且身体会产生专门用于分解大块肌纤维碎片的细胞。

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The mummification process protects the body's soft tissue long after it would normally break down.

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And what we want to say of course is, look, just like it's still your body, even if you break your arm.

因此我们可以说，即便你摔断了胳膊，你的肉体也还是原来的那个。

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The body begins to break, you get the loss of P-functioning.

身体开始损坏时，就失去人格功能性。

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And I don't know who to go to as I watch my mom's body break down.

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The problem with cutting down on carbohydrates in the diet is that the body cannot break down fat as effectively.

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While the final results are not published yet- Bardin and Kuo are raising money to run more trials- the video is a disturbing look at how difficult it is for the body to break down food made for shelf-life.

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