On average, a platypus eats as much food as half of its own weight every day.

一只鸭嘴兽平均每天要吃等于自己体重一半的食物。

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As lava flows and spreads to form a shield volcano, the volcano's eventual height depends on the new mountain's ability to support its own weight.

随着熔岩流动和扩散从而形成盾状火山，这座火山的最终高度取决于这座新火山支撑自身重量的能力。

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If you leave, for example, a bar of ice supported only at one end, the end, the unsupported end will deform under its own weight, it'll kind of flatten out at one end, get distorted, deformed.

举个例子，如果你把一根只有一端支撑的冰放在一边，没有支撑的一端会在自身的重量下变形，它的一端会变平，变形。

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Some of that precious land--quite a lot of it, in fact--is sinking under its own weight.

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Instead of dragging down its parent company, Chrysler is starting to pull its own weight.

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If it does become successful, I can predict it will fall under its own weight.

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