It's big compared to Earth, and is thought to have formed when a small planet impacted Earth at a grazing angle.

它相对地球来说很大，被认为是由一颗小行星切线撞击地球时产生。

So, this line is called the tangent.

所以，这条线被称为切线。

You still stare off into the distance and go on science tangents!

- 啊！ 您仍然凝视远方， 继续科学切线！

So, I don't know what that tangent… but that's the structure of the show.

所以，我不知道那个切线是什么… … 但这就是节目结构。

I'm gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents.

我镇静、舒、作响、悦耳音调、毫无意义蜿蜒曲折、多余切线。

I'm gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, and pointless meanders and superfluous tangents.

我会平静、舒、作响、悦耳音调，以及毫无意义曲折和多余切线。

If we can take a bit of a tangent.

如果我们能采取一点切线话。

All that tangential material just distracts from the main argument.

所有这些切线材料都会分散对主论点注意力。

He dropped the newspaper, yawned, and let his mind drift off at a tangent.

他丢下报纸， 打了个哈欠， 让思绪飘向了一个切线。

So I should mention as a small tangent.

- 所以我应该提一下作为一个小切线。

I'm sorry if I go off on a tangent and start talking about something else.

很抱歉，如果我在切线上开始谈论其他事情。

But this tangent line is sloping down into the right.

但是这条切线向右倾斜。

When entrepreneurs compare their creations, even tangentially, to nuclear bombs, it feels like a turning point.

当企业家们将他们创造与核弹进行比较时，即是切线地进行比较，感觉就像是一个转折点。

I go off on a tangent; I start talking about something that isn't directly related to this episode.

我切线了；我开始谈论与这一集没有直接关系事情。

The second one is tangents, or how we can use this to improve our observational abilities.

第二个是切线，或者我们如何利它来提高我们观察能力。

I go on a unique tangent every time but I follow a similar structure so it's familiar but different.

我每次都会选择一条独特切线，但我会遵循类似结构，因此它既熟悉又不同。

Oh, sporto, that… this has already devolved into another superfluous tangent.

哦，运动，那个… … 这已经变成了另一个多余切线。

So with graffiti we want to take away all those parallel and kissing tangents and all that ugly stuff.

因此，对于涂鸦，我们希望去掉所有那些平行和接吻切线以及所有丑陋东西。

And by the way, parallel tangents can be okay as I showed in that E letter.

顺便说一句，正如我在 E 封信中所示，平行切线是可以。

Can we observe all the tangents that are going on in a piece?

我们能观察到一件作品中发生所有切线吗？