Clogging

1·Sun clocks worked, of course, only on clear days; water clocks misbehaved when the temperature fell toward freezing, to say nothing of long-run drift as the result of sedimentation and clogging.

当然，太阳时钟只能在晴天工作；当温度下降到接近冰点时，水钟就会失灵，长期漂浮的东西因为下沉或堵塞而无法工作。

2·Perhaps easy access to fast food leads to increased consumption of the greasy goods, upping the likelihood of stroke by clogging arteries, Morgenstern speculates.

作为推测，他猜想可能是离快餐店近会促使人们经常光顾，从而油腻食品吃的多，这就增加了血管堵塞引发中风的可能性。

3·The nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rely on medications and strenuous coughing to help break up the thick gobs of mucus clogging their lungs.

将近1000万得慢性阻塞性肺病的美国人靠药物或干咳以促使呼吸冲破堵塞肺部的痰黏块。

4·He and the other scientists said this did not mean that dark matter was not there clogging the center of the galaxy, but that it would be harder to see.

但他和其他科学家表示这并不意味着银河系中心并没有暗物质堵塞在那里，只不过如果是那样的话，我们现在更难观测到了。

5·These blockages are often clogging you up.

这些障碍通常把你堵塞住了。

1·Be sure to place a metal or plastic strainer in your sink to avoid clogging the drain with the granules.

但一定要在水槽里放一个金属或塑料的过滤器，以免大块儿颗粒会阻塞排水管。

2·If not treated promptly with effective medicines, malaria can kill by infecting and destroying red blood cells and by clogging the capillaries that carry blood to the brain or other vital organs.

如不用有效药物给予及时治疗，疟疾可通过感染和摧毁红血球以及阻塞将血液输送到大脑或其它重要器官的毛细血管引起死亡。

3·Parents who smoke in the home can cause their child's arteries to show signs of clogging and hardening, dramatically raising their overall life-time risk of heart attack.

父母在家中吸烟可导致孩子的动脉表现出阻塞和硬化的迹象，并显著增加孩子一生中心脏病发作的风险。

4·The plume traveled to continental Europe, grounding flights around the world for days, due to fears of ash clogging plane engines. (Find out more about the risks volcanic ash poses to airplanes.)

由于担心漂浮的火山灰可能阻塞飞机引擎，横贯欧洲大陆的火山灰流让途径欧洲飞往各地的航线被纷纷滞留。

5·So, that addiction to pork and beef isn't just clogging your arteries; it's flame-broiling the earth, too.

因此，对猪肉和牛肉的嗜好不只在阻塞你的动脉，也在为地球火上加油。