This summer one of the cables that supported it's 900-ton platform snapped.

今年夏天，支撑望远镜的900吨平台的索之一断裂了。

I went ziplining through the forests of Punta Cana.

我去玩索飞行， 穿越蓬塔卡纳的森林。

And it's red because of the zinc paint that goes on those stainless steel cables.

金门大桥是红色的原因是索上喷的锌漆。

My parents and I have been walking on this tightrope for the last decade.

我的亲与我在过去十年 一直走在这条两难的索上。

Firstly, the tower will not be completely self-supporting, partly relying on its tensioned steel cables for stability.

首先，这座塔无法实现完全的自我支撑，部分要依靠拉紧的索来保持稳定。

" Those chords give the fifth and the octave, " said Mr. Fogg.

" 这些索发出的音响，是五度音程和八度音程。" 福克先生说。

These lashings, like the chords of a stringed instrument, resounded as if vibrated by a violin bow.

这些索仿佛是乐器上的弦，被一张无形的弓拉着发出飕嗦振荡的响声。

The Matrix, the first time was learning wire and kung-fu and that was months and months and months and months.

《黑客任务》的第一步是学习吊索和功夫，花了好几个月的时间。

In addition, the tower will be steadied by an array of steel cables, reaching up from an extensive new plaza below.

此外，该塔将由一排索来稳定，从塔底宽敞的新广场向上延伸。

He stretched a tightrope across his front yard.

他在他的前院拉了一个索。

Or back to the Center and the attentions of Aunt Lydia and her steel cable.

或者回到中心，引起莉迪亚阿姨和她的索的注意。

And in the 1930s, advanced steel manufacturing could create cables of bundled wire to act as strong steel rope for large-scale construction.

在 20 世纪 30 年代，先进的铁制造业可以制造出捆扎成束的索，这样的坚固索可以用于大型建筑。

But the breeze, far from lessening its force, blew as if to bend the mast, which, however, the metallic lashings held firmly.

但是，风力一点也没有减弱，相反地，那条被索结结实实绑着的桅杆都被风刮弯了。

The car, a blue Sedan without an engine or thankfully, a person inside of it, was suspended by a thick cable.

这辆车是一辆没有引擎的蓝色轿车， 或者幸运的是，里面有一个人， 被一根粗索悬挂着。

I'm going to make sure that I'm on two planes rather than one tightrope, like two skis so I have lots of space, maybe hip point apart.

我要确保我的脚是在两条线上，而不是在一个索上，就像在两个滑雪板上一样，这样我就有很多空间，分开臀部。

Your man may be floundering in a swamp, and by all means throw him a rope if he is … but there's no need to knock him unconscious with ninety feet of steel cable.

你的读者也许在沼泽里挣扎，甭管怎么说扔给他一根绳索… … 但绝对没必要拿根九十英尺的索把他迎头打晕。

A bridge was built across the East River by stretching ropes made of steel from one side of the river to the other and hanging the floor of the bridge from these steel ropes.

一座桥横跨东河之上，拉紧的索从河岸两边吊起大桥的桥面。