Love in the Lab

时间：2008-08-11 08:24:22

（单词翻译:单击）

Jo Shapcott

One day

the technicians

touched souls

as they exchanged

everyday noises

above the pipette.

Then they knew

that the state of molecules1

was not humdrum2.

The inscriptions3

on the specimen4 jars

which lined the room in racks

took fire in their minds：

what were yesterday

mere5 hieroglyphs6

from the periodic table

became today urgent proof

that even here -

laboratory life -

writing is mystical.

The jars glinted under their labels：

it had taken fifteen years

to collect and collate7 them.

Now the pair were of one mind.

Quietly， methodically

they removed the labels

from each of the thousands

of jars. It took all night.

At dawn， rows of bare glass

winked8 at their exhausted9 coupling

against the fume10 cupboard.

Using their white coats

as a disguise

they took their places at the bench

and waited for the morning shift.


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1 molecules 187c25e49d45ad10b2f266c1fa7a8d49     
分子( molecule的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。
  • Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
2 humdrum ic4xU     
adj.单调的，乏味的
参考例句：
  • Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.他们的生活由日常生存的平凡活动所构成。
  • The accountant said it was the most humdrum day that she had ever passed.会计师说这是她所度过的最无聊的一天。
3 inscriptions b8d4b5ef527bf3ba015eea52570c9325     
（作者）题词( inscription的名词复数 )； 献词； 碑文； 证劵持有人的登记
参考例句：
  • Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the inscriptions on the gravestones. 几个世纪的风雨已磨损了墓碑上的碑文。
  • The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time. 年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
4 specimen Xvtwm     
n.样本，标本
参考例句：
  • You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
  • This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。
5 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
6 hieroglyphs d786aaeff706af6b7c986fbf102e0c8a     
n.象形字（如古埃及等所用的）( hieroglyph的名词复数 )；秘密的或另有含意的书写符号
参考例句：
  • Hieroglyphs are carved into the walls of the temple. 寺庙的墙壁上刻着象形文字。 来自辞典例句
  • This paper discusses the fundamental distinctions between the hieroglyphs andforerunner of writing. 英汉象形文字的比较是建立在象形文字具体内涵的基础上。 来自互联网
7 collate 2qqzG     
vt.(仔细)核对，对照；(书籍装订前)整理
参考例句：
  • They have begun to collate their own statistics on racial abuse. 他们已经开始整理自己有关种族歧视的统计数据。
  • You may collate the latter with the earlier edition. 你可将新版与旧版相对照。
8 winked af6ada503978fa80fce7e5d109333278     
v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮
参考例句：
  • He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
  • He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 exhausted 7taz4r     
adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的
参考例句：
  • It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
  • Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。
10 fume 5Qqzp     
n.(usu pl.)(浓烈或难闻的)烟，气，汽
参考例句：
  • The pressure of fume in chimney increases slowly from top to bottom.烟道内压力自上而下逐渐增加，底层住户的排烟最为不利。
  • Your harsh words put her in a fume.你那些难听的话使她生气了。

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