Sponges are female - they 're soft , squeezable and retain water .
海绵是女性:他们很柔软,可以捏,而且多汁。
This applies to detergents , bath products , cleaning sponges , and household cleaning products like vinegar and baking soda .
这适用于洗涤剂、浴室用品、清洁海绵以及类似于醋和小苏打的日常清洁用品。
The sponge brittle star ( ophiothrix suensonii ) lives within or near sponges and soft corals in the ocean .
海绵状海蛇尾(ophiothrixsuensonii)活在海绵体内或海绵附近以及海洋中的软珊瑚上。
These wetlands would act as natural sponges , soaking up and diminishing the surging waves .
这些湿地将充当自然海绵的角色,吸收并削弱汹涌的海浪。
And in a much-celebrated first documented example of tool use in marine mammals , a family of dolphins in australia uses sponges to hunt .
有关澳大利亚一个海豚家族使用海绵捕猎的非常著名的例子,最先记录了海洋哺乳动物使用工具的情况。
The original enzyme was taken from marine sponges , which use it to make their silica skeletons .
最初的酶取自海绵动物;它们用这种酶制造自身的硅骨骼。
Sponges hold a particular fascination for me , because they are so varied in colour , shape and size and they have an almost miraculous life cycle .
我对海绵极其着迷,因为它们的颜色、形状和大小如此变化多端,而且它们拥有一个近乎奇迹的生命周期。
The minds of school-age children are like sponges , ready to soak up everything that is within their reach .
学龄儿童的头脑就像是海绵,时刻准备吸收所有他们能接受到的东西。
Plop a bit of this moss into a bowl of water and its delicate leaves and stems inflate like soft sponges .
丢一点苔藓到一碗水中,它纤细的茎叶就像海绵一样膨胀开来。
Such a growth boost could , for example , turn mature tropical forests-which normally don 't soak up any more carbon than they give off-into carbon dioxide sponges .