Laboratory furnace

laboratory ['læbrə'tɔri]

n. 实验室;实验课;研究室;药厂;

furnace ['fɝnɪs]

n. 熔炉，火炉;极热的地方;严峻的考验或磨难;

furn+ace(表示地点的名词后缀)→火炉；熔炉

Large or Little?

大杯还是小杯？

Me too. I was hoping we could go to the beach today, but it looks like that's out of the question.

我也这么想，我本来希望我们今天去海边，但看来没戏了。

Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office -- spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S.a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.

米德预言发明者可以在办公室用一个周末的时间生产了完美的、功能很强的、按客户需求设计的芯片 -- 造就新一代从汽车间起家的技术人员，在把产品推向市场方面使美国把它的外国对手们打个措手不及。