It does this in three ways: by changing color, by changing its texture, and by changing its size and shape.

它是通过三种方式做到的：改变颜色，改变质地，改变大小和形状。

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Now there's a third way that octopus can transform themselves to blend in with or mimic their environment, and that's by changing their shape and size, at least their apparent size.

现在有第三种方式可以让章鱼改变自己，以融入或模仿它们所处的环境，那就是改变它们的形状和大小——至少是在表面上改变自己的大小。

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The newest microscope techniques reveal neurons changing shape in response to experience—potentially recording a memory.

而最新的显微技术显示，神经元的形状也会随不同的体验而变化---可能在进行记忆功能。

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While the idea of what constitutes the ideal body shape is changing in Sudan, the traditional preference for women to have thick legs remains.

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However, as reported by Nicholas Wade in the New York Times, new research has shown that resveratrol influences sirtuin proteins, not as originally thought, but rather by changing the shape of sirtuin proteins in a cell.

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The right analogy might be to compare climate with an airplane that keeps on changing its size, shape and weight and has to interact in turn with a constantly changing medium that exhibits far more turbulence than what we are accustomed to.

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