In the texture category, the researchers tested metaphors such as "having a rough day" and "using coarse language," by giving people a puzzle to solve that was either smooth or covered in sand paper.

在有关质地的调查中，研究人员通过给人们猜一个或是表面光滑，或是用砂纸包裹的谜语，来测试诸如“不舒服的一天”、“讲粗鲁的话”等比喻。

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Like a sand dune, the pavilion appears smooth on the side that bears the full force of the wind and rough and textured on the other side.

和沙丘一样，阿联酋馆的一面看起来很光滑，可以承受巨大的风力，而另一面则相对粗糙。

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"Rough square, fine into light", had to first thick hind fine sand board.

“粗成方，细成光”，过砂板要先粗后细。

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The inflatable skirt keeps the cart 9 inches off the ground, letting you float over rough, sand and ponds.

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Witness the coexistence of rough planes that incorporate sand and suavely brushed passages, or of raucous invocations of leaves and fruit, and illusionistic wood grain and marble (an echo of his early training as a master decorator, as well as of Cubist collage).

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By his own account, he is trying to strike a more positive profile this go-round, obviously seeking to sand away some of the rough edges left over from his time in the national spotlight in the 1990s.

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