On completion of filling, tanks were either inoculated the same day with a small yeast dose, or kept as cool as possible for some extended cold soaking.

入料完毕后，所有的罐不是在当天就勾兑了小计量的酵母，就是尽可能地保持低温，以便进行适当延长的冷浸渍。

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Soaking the clothesline in salt water will also prevent clothes from sticking to it in cold weather.

把晾衣绳在盐水里浸泡一下也可防止衣服被冻在上面。

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By the Tang Dynasty, however, the people in Chang'an preferred to gather under pavilions, soaking watermelons and pears in cold water, drinking wine and writing poetry, returning home only after dark.

到了唐朝，长安人则喜欢在伏日聚集于凉亭下，把西瓜、李子泡在凉水中以备食用，喝酒作诗，到晚上才回家。

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Or if anyone had told him that a great chunk of the north-east was cold, dark and soaking wet.

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If you've been in cold water for up to 30 minutes, Tipton recommends soaking for 10 to 15 minutes in a hot bath -- but no more than that.

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