Sophie pumps water back and forth within a highly deformable tail.

苏菲用她高度柔的尾巴前后划水。

At its essence, that structure is why leather is both pliable and strong.

不过说到底，这种结构 就是皮革既柔又坚固的原因。

Unlike bone, this firm, pliable material is rather like your nose, and allows the shark to bend easily as it swims.

与骨头不同，这种结实、柔的材你的鼻子。它使鲨鱼在游的时候轻松弯曲。

Also, other studies showed flexibility improvements in areas like the knees, hips, and back extensors.

此外，其他研究显示膝盖、臀部和背部伸肌等区域的柔性也得到了改善。

Again, it's more difficult for men than for women less flexible.

男性比女性更难做到男性的柔度更小。

The resulting flexibility lets bones bend but not break under normal pressure.

这种结果带来的柔性使得骨骼可以在正常压力下弯曲而不会折断。

If you're super flexy, make sure this knee isn't going way passed the toesies.

如果你的柔性好，你就要确保膝盖不会超过脚尖。

He held me for a moment, then carefully placed me on the springy ferns.

他搂着我，片刻之后，小心地把我放到那片柔的蕨类植物上。

But the two researchers reckoned that suitably treated wood could do the job of conduction equally well while providing more yielding support for an electrode that was continually expanding and contracting as ions moved in and out of it.

但是两位研究者认为，对木材进行适当的处理后，木材也能同样起到这种传导的作用，同时，当离子从电极间穿梭时，还能够更好地增加电极的柔性，使之能够持续地扩张收缩。

They could also be like mobility, flexibility, and that kind of stuff, and probably figure out like what are the longevity blood tests and stuff that people are doing these day, and should I do some of those?

也可以是灵活性和柔性之类的内容，可能还要弄清楚人们现在做的“长寿血液测试”是什么？我应该做一些吗？

So, gymnastics – that's showing off your flexibility and strength doing different exercises with bars and ropes and other equipment, but what are 'mental gymnastics'?

所以，体操--就是展示你的柔性和力量，用杠、绳和其他设备做不同的练习，但是什么是“智力体操”呢？

Hyaline cartilage is your most common type — it's kind of glassy looking and provides pliable support. It connects your ribs to your sternum and keeps the tip of your nose all perky.

透明软骨是你最常见的类型——它看起来玻璃一样，提供柔的支撑。它连接你的肋骨和胸骨，保持你的鼻尖挺拔。

Estrogen normally has a protective effect on the cardiovascular system helping keep the blood vessels' walls flexible to accommodate blood flow, as well as the skeleton, where it helps sustain bone density.

雌激素通常对心血管系统有保护作用，有助于保持血管壁的柔性以适应血流；对于骨骼，雌激素有助于维持骨密度。

So typically, my understanding is-one rule of thumb is that harder, sturdier plastic is maybe shedding fewer phthalates than the very flexible ones, but they could be shedding other compounds of concern.

一般来说，我的理解是，有个经验法则，更硬、更坚固的塑料可能比非常柔的塑料脱落的邻苯二甲酸盐更少，但它们可能会脱落其他让人担忧的化合物。

" Are we to travel in the dark? " called the passengers angrily, and the attendant, who had been careless, generated the light, and pulled down the blinds of pliable metal.

“我们是不是非要在黑暗中旅行不可呢？”旅客们气忿地大声叫喊着，于是那一直毫不经意的服务员给了光，随后拉下了那些柔的金属挡板。

Skin effectively seals off your insides and also absorbs pressure and shock with flexible collagen that makes up most of its dermal layer.

皮肤有效的将你的身体组织保持在内部，还能够承受外界的压力和冲击。这得益于真皮层的主要组成：具有高柔性的胶原蛋白。

But the mighty Arapaima has them beat with its scales-one of the " toughest flexible biological materials, " according to Ritchie's team.

但强大的巨骨舌鱼用鱼鳞击败了水虎鱼，据里奇团队介绍，巨骨舌鱼的鱼鳞是“最坚硬且最柔的生物材料”之一。

Their long, lean bodies and flexible spines allow greyhounds to run at up to 46 miles or 74 kilometers per hour.

它们修长结实的身体和柔的脊柱可以让灰狗奔跑的速度达到46英里，或74千米每小时。

Arjun responds he would do more flexibility exercises incorporating yoga, and then the examiner looks and asks, " Why? "

阿琼回答说，他会多做一些结合瑜伽的柔性练习，然后考官看了看他，问：“为什么？”

Some studies have even noted that extreme flexibility can lead to an increase in the range of stretching without pain.

一些研究指出，身体极度的柔可以增加伸展的范围而不带来疼痛。