The researchers say the dead creatures probably are floating to the surface rather than sinking because they have absorbed gas bubbles as they filtered water for food.

研究者说尸体更有可能上浮到海面而不是沉入海底，因为在它们进食过程中他们吸收了天然气。

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A small current made her feel as though she was sinking into her bed; a little more had her floating close to the ceiling or seeing her legs kicking towards her face.

一股小小的电流能让她感觉到她好像是躺倒了自己的睡床里，将电流加大就会让她觉得自己漂浮到了天花板，或看到自己的双脚在踢自己的脸。

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Find out more about floating and sinking in floating duck chapter.

有关详细信息，请参见浮鸭一文中的漂浮和下沉。

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The painting shows a group of sailors struggling to survive on a floating raft after the sinking of their ship,the Medusa.

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Yet now interest rates have gone even higher (this week the central bank raised the overnight rate from just under 30% to 32%), in order to stop the floating currency from sinking out of sight.

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One problem is that the block's two largest members have such different currency regimes: Brazil's floating (or sinking) real has lost over 40% of its value since its forced devaluation in 1999, whereas Argentina's peso is pegged to the dollar.

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Floating-rate securities, securities with puts, securities where, if certain things happened, a sinking fund kicked in.

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