He held the lighter so it met the tip of his cigarette.

他举起了打火机，这样它就碰到了香烟头。

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His face had changed; fright had turned even the tip of his nose from red to deepest purple.

他的脸色都变了；他吓得连鼻尖都从红色变成了深紫色。

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Despite having a brain no bigger than the tip of your index finger, pigeons have a very impressive visual memory.

尽管鸽子的大脑只有人的食指尖那么大，但它们的视觉记忆力却非常惊人。

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Male circumcision is the cutting off of a small amount of skin from the tip of the penis.

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Each one of those electrodes allows us to measure, we plot voltage verses time, ? this signal coming from the tip of that electrode. Ok?

我们通过每个这样的电极都可以设计一种测量方法，我们设计电压比时间，这一信号源于电极的一端，对吧？

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This is the tip of the iceberg for any given sign.

但这只是冰山一角。

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Eventually, someone will figure out that this is just the tip of a virtual iceberg.

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The new aircraft also features elliptical winglets at the tip of the main wing.

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