A pickup is a device that captures the vibration of the metal guitar strings and changes them into electronic sound signals.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

It's magical.It's sorcery to take an ore and convert it to metal. It's magic. It still amazes me today.

非常神奇，采取矿石并将其转变为,金属非常神奇，我现在仍然很吃惊。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I used to listen to a lot of hip-hop music and heavy metal when I was younger.

我年轻的时候，我常常听一些嘻哈和重金属音乐。

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Workers stand outside stores, ringing a bell and collecting money in a red metal kettle from shoppers passing by.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

So, you might ask then well what is the significance of shooting different amounts of photons at a metal?

所以，你们可能会问向,金属发射不同数量的光子,有什么重要性？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Then he used the plaster form as a guide to make the final statue out of bronze metal.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

Mercury is a liquid metal, and mercury, the planet, is the fastest moving naked eye heavenly body. Mars, iron, why is Mars red?

水银是液态金属，水银，行星，是肉眼能看到的运动最快的天体,火星，铁，为什么火星是红色的？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The treadle pump is easy to build from bamboo or other wood and two metal cylinders with pistons.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Go ahead and just pinch the metal plates and watch your eyes 'cause these do--things do have little springs.

挤压这些金属片,你会注意到没什么弹性。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

A stencil is a thin sheet of metal or plastic out of which a design has been cut.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Those are the familiar and empirical objects that we can see, pieces of paper, bodies, pieces of chalk, bars of metal.

那就是我们能看见的,熟悉的已知的物体，纸，身体，粉笔，金属棒。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now,at last, the two coasts of the United States were united by a single line of metal rail.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

This device held here is really made of mainly plastic and a little bit of metal.

这个装置大部分是用塑料做的,还有一点金属

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The difference between the bright burning metal and the black factory walls was too extreme for her camera.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

That's like bocce. We have this sort of metal ball.

有点像室外地滚球 用这样的金属球

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

It's made of strong metal, it's got very thin slits to be able to see straight ahead, covered up; everything else is covered up, a good one will cover your neck as well.

头盔是坚固的金属制成,正面有一条很细的开口能让士兵看到前方,左右两边都包住,剩下所有地方都包住,好一点的头盔甚至能保护颈部

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Some artists like this process because they can draw on the metal as easily as if they were using a writing pen.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

So, the active part of the thermometer could be water. It could be alcohol, mercury, it could be a piece of metal.

那么温度计的工作部分,可以是水可以是酒精，水银，可以是一块金属。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

In some cases,instead of a cast, a splint made of plastic or metal will be secured over the area to restrict movement.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Basically what he did is he took a very thin metal foil and he bombarded it with charged particles.

简单的说他做的工作是,用一张非常薄的金属箔,然后用带电的粒子轰击它。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

At last he did, he tied the boat to metal ring that was stuck in the rocks.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

And the answer, not that there aren't puzzles about it, but the answer is roughly, "It's the very same car if it's the very same hunk of metal and plastic and wires."

而答案，虽然还存在疑问，但答案大致上是，如果是同一堆铁，塑料，电线,就是同一辆车“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The heavy metal enters the body when children breathe the paint dust or fumes in the air.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Sometimes it's easier actually not touch it to the metal, -- I should have- TA: It's hard to see if it's moving or not.

有时候它更容易不接触金属，我本应该-,助教：很难看到它是否移动了。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

They were conservative men. They represented workers with certain skills, such as wood workers or metal workers.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

And what he found here, which is what you can see and we can all see pretty clearly, is the slope of all of these lines is the same regardless of what the type of metal is.

他在这发现，你们也,可以很清楚的看到，不同金属直线的,斜率是相同的。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

All right. So please raise your hand now if you think there'll be sufficient energy to eject electrons from the metal surface?

好的，如果你们认为,有足够的能量从金属表面,射出电子请举手？

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

But at the end of the day, if you move this metal thing aside with your fingers, don't squeeze it too hard.

但是在下课后，如果你用手指触碰这个金属块，不要用力过猛。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选