This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.

这样就加大了空气阻力，并减少了它们着地时冲击力带来的震动。

Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.

尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十分逼真。

I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.

我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。

This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.

这次展览引起报界广泛注意，因为这些画名义上是名家的作品，事实上是迪基自己画的。

This immense chasm has been formed by an underground stream which has tunneled a course through a flaw in the rocks.

这个深邃的洞穴是由一条地下暗泉冲刷岩石中的缝隙并使之慢慢变大而形成的。

Some wives tend to believe that their husbands are infinitely resourceful and can fix anything.

妻子常常认为她们的丈夫无比聪明能干。