He found the snake curled up under the kitchen sink where the hot-water pipe fed into the faucet and dishwasher, but it was all but inanimate, as cold and slick as a garden hose left out in the frost.

他发现它蜷缩在厨房的洗碗池下面，哪里有流经水笼头和洗碗机的热水管，尽管如此，蛇还是几乎冻僵了，就像寒冷天气中，被遗忘在田园里用来浇水的软管一样，冰冷光滑，毫无生气。

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Aluminium plastic compound pipe may be used for transportation of cold and hot water, liquid acid, alkali and salt, and various gases as fuel gas, oxygen, compressed air, etc.

铝塑复合管可用于冷热水，酸碱盐各种液体，燃气、氧气、压缩空气等各种气体的输送。

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