16-05-30 A fun sponge refers to a joyless or grumpy person who soaks up all the fun out of an event or situation, in a way a normal sponge sucks up liquid around it. Fun sponge指无趣又坏脾气的人，能够吸干周遭环境中的一切乐趣，就像海绵吸干周遭的水分一样。 这...

12-06-19 UC Santa Barbara scientists turned to the simple sponge to find clues about the evolution of the complex nervous system and found that, but for a mechanism that coordinates the expression of genes that lead to the formation of neural synapses（突触...

11-08-01 An Australian woman says she carried a grapefruit-sized sponge inside her abdomen for 15 years, and is suing the doctor who she says left it there. 一位澳大利亚妇女称，一块葡萄柚大小的海绵已在她腹部内存在了15年时间。目前她正在起诉当时给她做手术的医...

10-02-05 An ultra-lightweight sponge海绵 made of clay泥土，粘土 and a bit of high-grade plastic draws oil out of contaminated受污染的 water but leaves the water behind. And, lab tests show that oil absorbed can be squeezed back out for use. Case Western Rese...

09-09-29 I had an operation, said a man to his friend, and the doctor left a sponge in me. That's terrible! said the friend. Got any pain? No, but I am always thirsty! 一个男人对他的朋友说：我动了一次手术，手术后医生把一块海绵忘在我的身体里了。 真是太糟糕了...