Tarmac was originally a registered trademark from 1903 and the black, smelly, gooey consistency of the stuff as it’s steam-rollered in place gives an obvious clue to the tar part of the word.

Tarmac原本是为一种黑色有粘连性并带难闻气味配合蒸汽碾路机使用的产品而准备的商标名称，注册于1903年。 而之后这个商标名称便顺理成章地成为了这种炼焦副产品的代名词。

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Right outside the Saab museum, a giant black cast iron steam engine stands as a monument to this unsentimental approach.

就在萨博博物馆的门外，伫立着一个巨大的铸铁蒸汽引擎诉说着这近乎不近人情的制度。

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The methods to be presented are: increased dry solids content of black liquor, air preheating, soot blowing arrangement, feedwater preheating, steam parameters and heat recovery after precipitator.

将要介绍的这些方法为：增加黑液固形物含量、空气预热、吹灰系统、给水预热、蒸汽参数和电除尘后的热回收。

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The carving of a steam engine in black granite rests on top of a plinth, which includes a montage of images representing the railway industry.

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Another employee, a black woman who worked at the steam table, approached the students and tried to warn them away.

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Relaxing in the lagoon, surrounded by steam, snow (in the winter) and black mountains of lava rock, is a breathtaking and uniquely Icelandic experience.

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