时差N小时 为何挡风玻璃如此结实?(下)

Tempered glass shatters into tiny bits, rather than large, jagged shards¹ like regular glass.

破碎后的钢化玻璃为细小的碎块，而普通玻璃破碎后为巨大、锋利的碎片。

If you've seen little squares of a car windshield scattered² on the street, you've seen how tempered glass shatters.

如果见过街上散落一地的汽车挡风玻璃碎块，你就知道钢化玻璃破碎后的形状了。

Car windshields are also commonly made from laminated glass, which has a tough, thin layer of plastic sandwiched between two layers of glass.

汽车挡风玻璃常用层压玻璃制成，这种玻璃十分坚硬，两层玻璃间有一层薄塑料，

If laminated glass shatters, it remains³ sticking to the plastic rather than scattering⁴ in splinters or shards.

当层压玻璃破碎后，玻璃碎片会沾在塑料上，不会到处散落。

Airplane windshields and bullet-resistant glass take this concept to a whole new level, with several layers of plastic layered with, and bonded⁵ to, layers of glass.

通过将多层塑料夹层和多层玻璃叠压在一起，飞机挡风玻璃和防弹玻璃将层压玻璃的概念上升到了一个新高度。

That makes a composite material strong enough to withstand high pressures, varying temperatures, and even the impact of a bullet or an unlucky bird.

这种复合材料的强度足以高压、温度变化，甚至是子弹与飞鸟撞击飞机的力度。

1 shards   

n.（玻璃、金属或其他硬物的）尖利的碎片( shard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Eyewitnesses spoke of rocks and shards of glass flying in the air. 目击者称空中石块和玻璃碎片四溅。 来自辞典例句
• Ward, Josh Billings, and a host of others have survived only in scattered shards of humour. 沃德、比林斯和许多别的作家能够留传下来的只是些幽默的残章断简。 来自辞典例句

2 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 scattering   

n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散

参考例句：

• The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 bonded   

n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。