"It's like a sponge - the gas sucks up heat in one location and then gets transported by the sound wave to another location where the heat gets squeezed out of the gas," he says.

“它就像一块海绵————气体中一处吸收热量然后通过声波传到另一处并把热量排出。”他说。

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Similarly, with Baked Alaska, hard ice cream is placed on a sponge cake, which is on a non-heat-absorbing plank.

与此类似地，“火焰雪山”冰淇淋的做法是，把冰冻好的冰淇淋放在一块松软的蛋糕上，蛋糕放在一块不吸热的隔板上。

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That's because the earth's oceans are kind of like a giant sponge that can hold a lot of heat for a long time.

这是因为地球就象一块巨大的海绵，可以长时间容纳大量的热量。

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Often, small producers cannot ship throughout the entire year -- for instance vendors of Buffalo's Sponge Candy cannot subject their delicate, heat-sensitive delicacy to higher temperatures throughout the summer -- or must tack on shipping charges that may be equal or higher than the items being shipped.

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