Pig iron: Crude iron obtained directly from the blast furnace and cast in molds.

生铁：从高炉直接炼得并在模中铸出的粗铁。

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Even his manufacture is atypical: While almost all other known burial statuettes are hollow and cast in molds, this one is solid clay and appears to have been sculpted by hand.

甚至其制作工艺也是那么地与众不同：目前所知的小型墓俑几乎都是内部中空、用模子制成的；但这尊墓俑是实心的粘土材质，而且似乎是手工雕刻而成的。

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This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could be used only for life-size sculptures.

这一发现解释了为什么卡利尼斯微型雕塑是抽象的，而且风格完全不同：模具只能用于真人大小的雕塑。

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In the past, I'd encountered springerle molds in antique stores and fancy cookware shops, but they always seemed more like art pieces than part of a practical kitchen arsenal.

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While Southeast Asian factories may turn out gadgets more cheaply than southeast Tokyo can, only Ota's artisans have the skills to refine precision equipment and create the molds used in Asia's complex assembly lines.

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In the old days, molds were often whittled at home from scraps of lumber.

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