It had just taken longer than the anticipated 24 to 48 hours for salty seawater to gnaw through the wire, probably because chemistry happens at a slower pace in subfreezing Arctic seawater.

可能因为在冰点以极海水里，化学反应发生速度比较慢，咸水蚀穿这条线时间比预期24到48小时还要久。

Scientists in Australia found microbes known as Thiobacillus concretivorans that lived in, indeed, could not live without-concentrations of sulfuric acid strong enough to dissolve metal.

澳大利亚科学家发现，有一种名叫蚀固硫杆菌细菌生活在浓度高得足以溶解金属硫酸里，实际上，它们离开了浓硫酸就活不成。

There was a high dado of white wood and a green paper on which were etchings by Whistler in neat black frames.

色护墙板很高，绿色糊墙纸上挂着嵌在精致黑镜框里惠斯勒【杰姆斯·艾波特·麦克奈尔·惠斯勒（1834-1903），美国画家和蚀刻画家，长期定居英国】蚀刻画。

The delicately etched patterns are rather faint and not terribly arresting to the untrained eye.

上面蚀出精美图案不大清楚，对没有受过训练人来说没有多大吸引力。

I have always been interested in Amazons, and I actually began by drawing them and making etchings of Amazons because I loved their costumes and the way they were portrayed as these strong, independent women.

我一直对亚马逊女有独钟，最初是通过描绘她们、制作关于亚马逊女蚀刻画来表达这份喜爱，因为她们那独特服饰以及被塑造成坚强独立女性形象深深吸引了我。

Over a number of years, Romer carefully timed the eclipses of the moon Io and found that their duration varied depending on whether Earth was moving towards Jupiter or away from it.

多年来，罗默仔细记录了木卫一伊奥蚀时，发现其持续时间会根据地球是向木星靠近还是远离而有所变化。

A place where the cliffs are alive and the waters will dissolve the flesh off your bones.

一个悬崖会动、水能蚀骨地方。

Or Total Eclipse of the Fart.

或 屁完全蚀。

But I stood at the wall for an extra beat, trying to imagine the life behind that etching.

但我在墙边站了一会儿，试图想象那幅蚀刻画背后生命。