音标:[ˈθɜ:məˌstæts] ;
n. 恒温(调节)器( thermostat的复数形式 )
n. a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
v. control the temperature with a thermostat

[00:03.70]-Turning off Iights can save-- -Enough energy to power Pittsburgh. - 随手关灯所节省的能源 - 足够供给整个匹兹堡 [00:06.38]And if we kept our thermostats at 68 in winter-- 如果冬季我们能将温控计设置在16度 [00

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The United Nations is going green. The secretary-general has announced a new initiative to help lower the U.N.'s greenhouse gas emissions and reduce pollution. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports thermostats

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Along with its enormous size, one feature set T-Rex apart from all other meat eaters- true binocular vision. 除了其巨大的身躯外,有一个特点让霸王龙从所有肉食者中脱颖而出真正的双目视力。 It had forward focusing vi

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By Mandy Clark London 26 March 2008 An eco-friendly home in Britain is considered not just globally responsible but now it is becoming personally profitable. Nearly 40 percent of Britain's energy is consumed in lighting, heating and cooling the coun

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电子产品让驾车变得更容易 Some new models are flashy and others are fuel efficient, and embedded technology is at the heart of all of them. 许多新款车型华丽炫酷,许多节能环保,而嵌入式系统技术则是它们的核心。

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Electronics Make Driving Easier, Safer 电子产品让驾车变得更容易 LOS ANGELES New cars increasingly use connected technology, and incremental improvements in automotive electronics are making cars safer and smarter. Some new models are flas

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Its Friday afternoon at the village bakery in Hara Kebira. This tiny Jewish community is preparing for the Sabbath meal, bringing pots of soup to be heated in wood oven. Todays customers are Jewish, but the baker here is Muslim. In much of the world

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Thermometers just tell you the temperature. Thermostats need to do more than that. In addition to reading the air temperature, thermostats also turn your furnace on if the air gets too cool, and turn it off again when the air heats up. How do they do

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Google has invested in taxi firms, smart thermostats and even artificial intelligence but it is also setting its sights on immortality - or at least increasing our lives five-fold. 谷歌的投资项目不但囊括出租车公司、智能恒温器甚至

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Forget Siri. When Mark Zuckerberg wants an AI assistant, he recruits the Voice of God. 别提Siri了。当马克.扎克伯格想要一个人工智能助手时,他聘请了上帝之音。 The Facebook CEO and cofounder posted a video teasing an arti

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On the sidelines of CES in Las Vegas, Ceasars Entertainment partnered up with WeChat to give tours of new smart hotel rooms at The LINQ, a local hotel and casino. Visitors could use an app inside WeChat to control lighting, thermostats, and curtains.

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For many of us, checking our bank balances can result in a nasty shock if they have been unable to control their spending habits. 对我们很多人来说,如果控制不了购物习惯,查看银行存款余额的时候就会目瞪口呆。 But n

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Google收购Nest 打造家庭数据中心 The deal means Google could be in parts of your home that it's never been to before, and the firm will have access to data from every nook and cranny.Now allow me to show you around the house that Google buil

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Google is attempting to put itself at the centre of domestic wireless networks with a new smart router that promises to improve WiFi quality and security. 谷歌(Google)正力求让自己置身于家庭无线网络的中心。该公司发布了一款有

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Business 商业报道 Google 谷歌公司 The new GE: Google, everywhere 新时代的通用电气:无处不在的谷歌 With a string of deals the internet giant has positioned itself to become a big inventor, and reinventor, of hardware. 经过一系

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