Glass requires more abrasive tooling; for example, diamond tip tools with abrasive covers. These are used more for etching glass than truly cutting the material.

玻璃材质则是用耐磨的刀具处理，例如，粗糙表面的金刚石，主要用于蚀刻而非切割玻璃。

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The artist must have spent hours etching the image on the glass.

这位美术家一定花了好几小时把这画像蚀刻在玻璃上。

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Normally for bulk glass, etching increases the strength.

对于块状玻璃，腐蚀通常都使强度提高。

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Next door a laser cutter is zapping an etching into a glass bottle, and across the way someone is carving elegant curved strips of wood to make a wine carrier.

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This method allows better control of the thicknesses of the silicon and glass layers, but the etching is time-consuming and requires the costly sacrifice of a wafer for each one that is made.

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