And then siphoned the water with your mouth out of this hose?

然后用你的嘴从软管里吸水出来?

The brain of a toddler is like a sponge, hungry for knowledge.

幼儿的大脑就像一块吸水海绵，会大量汲取知识。

They absorb it in the wet season...

雨季时吸水。

As a child, you're a sponge, you learn what you're shown.

孩童时期的你，就像一块吸水海绵，看到什么你就会学什么。

This is a polymer that's used in diapers to help make them more absorbent.

这是一种用于纸尿裤的聚合物，可以使纸尿裤更具吸水性。

The gills are com-like structures on either side of its head. The fish breathes by swallowing water and passing the water over the gills. The gills absorb the oxygen from the water.

鱼鳃在鱼头两边的其中一边。鱼通过鱼鳃吞水和吸水来呼吸。鱼鳃从水里吸入氧气。

Next you want to pat your steak dry with paper towel.

接下来要用吸水纸轻拍牛排。

The great amount of rock in the area does not absorb water.

该区大量的岩石不吸水。

Smoking them is cheaper than other suitable activities, such as bowling.

吸水烟比其它合适的休闲活动要便宜的多。(例如保龄球)。

So the onion rehydrates and thickens naturally.

洋葱会自然吸水变软并增稠。

Such coiling allows a feather to absorb water, which streamlines and insulates the owner.

这种螺旋形状的羽能够吸水，并使该鸟类身形更加精巧同时起保温作用。

And that this age is when they're really soaking up information like a sponge.

而这个年龄的孩子，它们吸收信息就像海绵吸水一样快。

More absorbent moss means less flooding downstream, but their ambitions are much bigger.

因被裹而更具吸水性的泥炭藓意味着下游的洪水更少，但项目发起者想要实现更大的目标。

Smeared on the body, it forgave sins; taken in water, it helped digestive complaints.

把它涂在身上，可以消除罪障；它吸水后有助于消除心中的抱怨。

Since keratin absorbs water, a thick keratin layer looks white when it's wet.

由于角质吸水，湿润的厚角质层看起来是白色的。

We'll uncover how plants work, from their itsy-bitsy cells, to their water-absorbing roots.

我们将揭开植物的工作原理，从微小的细胞到会吸水的根部。

Scientists working under the banner " Project Neurice" are seeking varieties of rice that can withstand the increasing salinity without losing the absorbency that makes European rice ideal for traditional Spanish and Italian dishes.

在 “Neurice 项目” 下工作的科学们正在寻找各种水稻品种这种水稻品种既可以承受不断增加的盐度，同时又不会失去吸水性，这一吸水性让欧洲大米成为西班牙和意大利传统菜肴的理想选择。

“Lift up a minute, Stevie, ” his nurse said, and put a large absorbent cloth—it might have been a diaper—under my head, so that my cheek rested on it when I lay back down.

“抬一下，小斯蒂威，”护士说，然后把一块很大的吸水布——很可能就是块尿布——摆在我脑袋下方的位置，我又躺回去的时候，脸颊就搁在那块布上。

Nurse sharks even nap on the seafloor; however, they use a form of ram ventilation in which they draw in water through nostril-like structures near the eyes, called spiracles, and force it out through the gills.

铰口鲨甚至会在海底打盹；不过，它们采用的是一种特殊的撞击呼吸，即通过眼睛附近的鼻孔状结构（称为鳃裂）吸水，然后用鳃将水排出。

This bit of the guide is a window into historical derring-do: dried-up sponges that can expand to plug sewer systems, jammed locks on unguarded buildings, various references to emery dust.

这本指南的这一部分展现了历史上的一些蛮勇行为：干燥的海绵可以吸水膨胀到堵塞下水道系统、无人看守的建筑物的锁可以堵死锁孔、金刚砂也有各种用处。