Someone who can cut a dash on the dance-floor has always been seen as a good catch, but scientists have now explained why.

一直以来，人们认为能在舞池里大出风头的人更受异性的青睐，近日科学家们对这一现象做出了解释。

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If you walk into any crowded machine room, chances are you'll catch chit-chat about "shebangs," slashes, dot-dots, root, pipes, ports, and dash-dash this and that.

如果您走进一个拥挤的机房，可能会听到有关“shebangs”、斜线、点、根、管道、端口等等这个那个的闲聊。

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He had to dash to catch the ball before it hit the ground.

他得冲向前去把尚未落地的球接住。

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They were eventually separated when Atapattu edged Pierre Joubert to Kruger van Wyk, who claimed his second catch six overs later to dash Arnold's hopes of a hundred.

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