When people wash these clothes, microfibers go down the drain with the wash water.

当人们洗这些衣服时，超细纤维会随着洗涤水一起流到下水道里。

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Presumably that's why the British use a stupid amount of drinkable water to hydrate golf courses, wash down fleets of haulage trucks and flush the loo.

这大概就是英国人将大量可饮用的水用来喷洒高尔夫球场、冲洗货运卡车以及冲洗厕所的原因。

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Twelve machines weighing 13 tons carry up to 36 cleaners, who use ordinary soapy water to wash down the Burj's 24, 830 reflective windows in a process that takes three months from top to bottom.

为了彻底清洁大楼全部的24830块玻璃，他们花费了3个月的时间来完成此项工作。 清洁时，由工人站立在这些机械臂上面，用普通的肥皂水来洗刷。

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They waddle down to the water to wash off the rust-colored guano that stains their pelts and produces a pungent odor that within days becomes expected with each landing.

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