The method relies on measuring how chemical variations in drinking water show up in people's hair.

这种方法的依据是测量饮用水中的化学物质在人的头发中的变化。

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We spent the morning measuring up and deciding where the furniture would go.

我们花了一上午量来量去，决定家具怎么摆。

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You'll find him on top of the ladder, measuring up.

你将见他正在梯子上测量呢。

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Rick Suhr has connected two steel Quonset huts, one with a long, narrow tunnel measuring 100 feet for the run-up.

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With its 4.6-inch display, the Ion matches up in size to other large-screen handsets, measuring 5.24 x 2.7 x 0.46 inches (133.1 x 68.6 x 11.7mm).

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But of course, although it can rotate 360 degrees, the i-limb is still far from measuring up to the real thing.

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