We'll uncover how plants work, from their itsy-bitsy cells, to their water-absorbing roots.

我将揭开植物的工作原理，从微小的细胞会吸水的根部。

Mabel reduces its ability to suck water out of her cells.

梅布尔降低了从细胞中吸水的能力。

She was taking on water even faster than normal.

她吸水的速度比平时更快。

Since keratin absorbs water, a thick keratin layer looks white when it's wet.

由于角吸水，湿润的厚角起来是白色的。

It's a way of getting water out of something that is wet, out of a fabric.

这是一种从湿的东西、织物中吸水的方法。

Smoking them is cheaper than other suitable activities, such as bowling.

吸水烟比其合适的休闲活动要便宜的多。(例如保龄球)。

More absorbent moss means less flooding downstream, but their ambitions are much bigger.

因被羊毛包裹而更具吸水性的泥炭藓意味着下游的洪水更少，但项目发起者想要实现更大的目标。

B) Increasing the absorbency of the Spanish rice.

B) 增加西班牙大米的吸水性。

Shisha bars, where people smoke hookahs on heated outdoor patios, have mushroomed since a 2007 ban on smoking in public places.

从2007的公共场所禁烟令的发布之后，一个人能够在温暖的户外吸水烟的地方—水烟酒吧，迅速繁荣起来。

One of the closest relatives to humans, chimpanzees have been seen chewing sticks to create tools designed to soak up water for drinking.

黑猩猩是与人类亲缘关系最近的动物之一，人曾通过咀嚼木棍来制造吸水的工具。

Meanwhile, the icy rings are much less absorbent,   making them glow as you see here.

与此同时，冰环的吸水性要低得多，因此会像你在这里的那样发光。

This could be due to their absorbent nature, which also leads them to being often served in a sauce.

这可能是由于的吸水性，这也导致经常在酱汁中食用。

This chair's secret weapon, a super absorbent fabric dipped in a very strong repellant that lasts for six months.

这把椅子的秘密武器是一种超强吸水性的织物，浸入了一种非常强的驱虫剂中，可以持续六个月。

This is only made worse by the fact that cities are covered with pavement and other surfaces that can't absorb water.

这一现象更糟糕的是，城市的地面被无法吸水的铺路石和其他表面覆盖。

The sixteen-year-old schoolgirl from South Africa has won the grand prize at Google Science Fair for making a super absorbent material from orange peels.

来自南美洲的一名16岁女学生因以橘子皮制作了超级吸水的材料而获得了谷歌科学挑战赛。

You know when Alice was walking through the forest and she sees this caterpillar, this big worm smoking a hookah?

你知道当爱丽丝穿过森林时， 她了这只毛毛虫，这只吸水烟的大蠕虫吗？

They also extend hair-like filaments called hyphae into the soil which pump water even more efficiently than the tree's own roots.

还将像头发一样叫做称为菌丝的细丝延伸土壤中，比树木自身的根部吸水效率更高。

These lenses, made of water absorbing plastic, were developed in the former Czechoslovakia and were introduced into the United States in 1964.

这些由吸水塑料制成的镜片是在前捷克斯洛伐克开发的，并于 1964 引入美国。

One way of minimising the dehumidification work an AC needs to do is to expose the incoming air to a water-absorbing substance known as a desiccant.

最大限度地减少空调需要做的除湿工作的一种方法是将进入的空气暴露在一种称为干燥剂的吸水物中。

They're already dried out, so honey's water-sucking properties don't kill them, and because the spores aren't growing, they aren't affected by the acidity or the antibiotic compounds.

已经处于脱水状态了，所以蜂蜜的吸水性并不能奈何，另外因为孢子也不生长，所以不受酸性或抗菌化合物的影响。