Dr. Nabila Aghanim said, "These observations will be used as bricks to build our understanding of the Universe."

纳比拉·阿哈利姆博士表示：“这些观测结果将成为我们理解宇宙奥秘的基石。”

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They often use bricks to build houses.

他们常使用砖块砌房子。

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But don't you see, I said enthusiastically, that we need bricks to build a wall?

可是朋友，你看不到吗？我满腔热情地说，修建城墙是需要砖头的。

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Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low cost way to build walls and houses.

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And while there have been brilliant advances in this field (see: Nintendo Wii), most remotes tend to be burdensome bricks that have a tendency to build up on our coffee table.

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After a group of 150 women critiqued color illustrations of Click Bricks last February, the company used their ideas to build 3-D prototypes, which were sent to 30 moms.

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It's no secret that the Xbox 360 can get a little hot under the collar -- after all, this is the same console that drove people to build elaborate support systems or hang their power bricks out the window -- but who knew that the heat was intense enough to cook up some disgusting scrambled eggs?

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