They hang from thick cotton string or an aluminum chain; they're worn one at a time or three at a time, but they're there.

胸卡吊在粗棉线或铝制链上；有的佩带一张，有的同时佩带三张，反正胸卡处处可见。

youdao

Like on the road covered with a thick layer of carpet, walk to squelching sound, leaving a string of deep footprints.

马路上像铺上了一层厚厚的地毯，踩上去发出咯吱咯吱的声音，留下一串深深的脚印。

youdao

In this paper, the string casting technique of small ductile iron castings with thick section were introduced.

介绍了厚实的球铁小件首尾相连组合串铸的工艺。

youdao

His desk is laden with the thick, string-bound paper dossiers beloved of Indian civil servants and cordially loathed by everyone else.

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They saluted and lowered the ridiculous cotton string that barred the road to the castle heights, which meandered up the hillside past the thick stone walls and into an immense central courtyard.

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