When they get a tern or pelican to drop a fish, they plunge down and grab it off the surface of the water, which may have been how this bird got oiled.

当他们让一只燕鸥或鹈鹕扔下一条鱼时，他们会一头栽到水里，然后把鱼从水面抓起来，这可能就是这只鸟被油弄脏的原因。

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Otherwise the water runs off the surface and gets wasted.

否则水就从土壤表面流失浪费了。

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they peeled it off the surface of a piece of graphite using sticky tape.

他们用胶带从一块石墨上分离出石墨烯。

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It had to be engaged somehow if the ascent engine was to fire and lift us off the surface.

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