【英语时差8,16】“二次浸釉”-真的很糟吗？（上）

You’re at a party. You grab a big crunchy potato chip and dip it into a dish of creamy onion dip. But now you’re left with half of a chip with no dip on it. You look at the half eaten chip. You glance around the room to see if anyone is watching. Should You Dip It Again? Before you give in to the temptation to double dip that chip, consider the findings of a study done at Clemson University on the effect of pre biting a chip on bacterial¹ transfer to the dip, a.k.a. “double dipping”. Eight volunteer “chip dippers” dipped chips and crackers² into different dipping solutions three to six times. Half the dippers bit the chip once between dips, the others redipped unbitten chips or crackers. Dips included cups of sterile³ water as well as commercial dips of different consistencies⁴ and with different common ingredients, like nacho cheese, chocolate, and salsa.

1 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

2 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sterile   

adj.不毛的，不孕的，无菌的，枯燥的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• This top fits over the bottle and keeps the teat sterile.这个盖子严实地盖在奶瓶上，保持奶嘴无菌。
• The farmers turned the sterile land into high fields.农民们把不毛之地变成了高产田。

4 consistencies   

一致性( consistency的名词复数 )； 连贯性； 坚实度； 浓度

参考例句：

• There are inherent consistencies and relations of ideal methodology between philosophy of science and western economics. 科学哲学和西方经济学之间存在着内在一致性和思想方法论关联。