时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(九)月


英语课

 When Pyrex(公司名) cookware first came out, it was advertised as the ice box to oven, because itwas made of borosilicate glass which could weather large temperature changes without undergoing thermo-shock and shattering. But today, American’s Pyrex and Anchor Hocking(公司名) dishesare made of soda 2 lime silicate 1 glass, which is more prone 3 to shatter. So, saysthe report of the bulletin of American ceramic 4 society. Researchers have calculated that rapid temperature change, if just hundred degrees Fahrenheit 5 could fracture the new glass compared to 330 degrees to for the old stuff. They saythat means that is possible to break glass measuring cup with boiling water orto explode a cool casserole dish by sliding it into a hot oven. Manufacturer says they temper(冶炼中专指通过锻炼增强材料性能) the new glass to make it stronger and researches did find some evidence for that. But they believe the heat treat is inadequate 6, because in lab test cookware exploded into large glass sharps rather than tiny pieces as tempered auto-glassdoes. As the saying goes, if you can’t stand of the heat stay out of thekitchen. If this research is accurate that heat is on this cookware.



1 silicate
n.硅酸盐
  • There are large amounts of aluminum silicate in the area.这个地区有大量的硅酸铝。
  • Silicate minerals are characteristically refractory and difficult to break down.硅酸盐矿物的特点是耐熔和难以分离。
2 soda
n.苏打水;汽水
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
3 prone
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
4 ceramic
n.制陶业,陶器,陶瓷工艺
  • The order for ceramic tiles has been booked in.瓷砖的订单已登记下来了。
  • Some ceramic works of art are shown in this exhibition.这次展览会上展出了一些陶瓷艺术品。
5 Fahrenheit
n./adj.华氏温度;华氏温度计(的)
  • He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
  • The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
6 inadequate
adj.(for,to)不充足的,不适当的
  • The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
  • She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
学英语单词
abbondanza
acceleration from rest
accidental resemblance
activator-dissociation system
aeacides
Alma Center
araucaria families
atmospheric-pressure counter
attached storage
average information matrix
bending length
boatswain's chair
charle's law
corrosive bittern brine
database indexed search
deteriorative change
dielectric drier
divcom
Dunaujvaros
electromagnetic starter
exogastric
exoperidium
external fixation of fracture
farceuses
filipe
flagellants
floating sleeve
foul-air flue
freelancers
ftn
Fūlādābād
goucher
hand sth round
hobits
hot secondary air
if i live to be a hundred
in stereo
in the schools
internal transference
lifespeed
limiting power
liquid-solid cyclone
low roller
Madeleine, Monts.de la
maholi
midget socket
minimum-delay coding
minispread
mode expander
modifier formula
network intrusion detection systems
non-reciprocal trade preference
Nordurandron
of fixation line
oil-bearing sand
Oxypinone
peachblow
phancifull
photo opportunist
piping bag
planetary spacecraft
potestatems
ppes
Primula sinuata
prober interface
qualitative description
quantized interval
quiet arc
rodnina
sampled data computer
scinaia pseudojaponica
scollon
secure against
self-incriminations
sensitizing dose
sound profile
stomias nebulosus
storage economy
stretchless
sun si-miao
syntaxical
systematic fashion information
tachyglossid
the cultivation of tress
the Sons of the Revolution
thorium halide
three graces
top-end
tunicae vagfnalis propria testis
turn of winding
Ubon Ratchathani, Changwat
unipoint
unstable frame
virtual channel link
watergas
Wawasee, L.
wedge dislocation
wing-tip
word load
yuen long
zilberstein