Even though leather is used so much today, it is only a by-product.

虽然皮革在今天被如此广泛的使用，但是这只是个副产品。

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Last week the issue was some leather cured with a known teratogenic substance, synthetic Nirret or something just as illegal that's still used in third world tanning.

上礼拜的问题是，部分皮革硫化时使用了致畸物质，某种非法但仍在第三世界用来硝制皮革的合成物质。

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Thorp’s team adapted an ancient Chinese technology that used bamboo for pipes and sisal rope and discs of leather to bring buckets of water from hand-dug wells.

索普领导的团队采用了中国的一种古老技术，用竹制管道、麻绳和皮革吸盘从人工井中抽水。

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I always want to--modern football helmets which are monstrous-- I'm so old we used to play with leather ones without a face mask.

现代美式橄榄球的面具就跟怪兽一样的,我老了,我们小时候打球都是皮质头盔而且没有面具的

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It says the price index contained this amount of beef, this amount of sheep wool, this amount of sole leather, and this amount of corn; that was the first consumer price index ever used for financial contracts.

指数中包括这些数量的牛肉,这些数量的羊毛,这些数量的鞋底皮,这些数量的玉米,这是在金融合约里出现的,第一个消费者物价指数

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Clino Castelli used leather sheets to create a bench for two, which neatly folds into a flat box.

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Above these wood accents and around the two-part center armrest, dark "Marble Gray" leather is used, with light beige "St Tropez" leather, trim pieces, and fabrics used beneath the wood accents and on the seats.

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When I first came across Accelera's yachts at a boat show in Hong Kong in May 2011, the vessels did not look out of place in the marina full of Italian and British-made yachts, but the interior smelt synthetic and compared poorly to the richly hued timber and buttery leather used by the European brands.

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