Protruding down his back is a giant row of spikes - each as tall as six feet.

沿着它突起的后背下来，是一排巨大的刺——每根都有六英尺长。

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This may not seem like much, given that the brain produces millions of spikes every second.

考虑到大脑每秒产生上百万个尖峰信号，这看起来是微乎其微的。

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A crowning spire was a key feature of the design from the beginning, including a topmast and a ring of spikes.

从一开始，最高的尖顶就是设计的关键特点，其中还包括了一座中桅和一圈小尖顶。

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And it turns out that simply by counting the number of those spikes that occurs at a period of time.

随后，只要数一数在一定时间内,产生的尖峰脉冲的数量。

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0 of those spikes per second.

每秒钟40次尖峰脉冲。

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And the fact that we're always facing some risk of death recedes into the background in the way that most of us don't hear background noise-- that what jumping out of an airplane does for you is it spikes the risk of death.

我们一直面对的某些死亡的风险,这种情况下变成了背景声音,因为我们大部分人都听不到背景的噪声-,而跳下飞机带给你的,是死亡的风险上升。

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"Whole different story, " explained Vlasic, who now wears a custom-built pair of spikes by Adidas.

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And right now, the ball is bouncing around in a room full of spikes.

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Consider keeping a set of spikes in your car, Burger adds.

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