However, no one yet has acted on one of Fuller's ideas for the geodesic dome.

然而，还没有人对富勒的网格状球顶建筑的想法采取行动。

After a number of experimental geodesic domes were built, industry began to understand the value of the design.

在一些实验性的网格状球顶的建筑建成后，工业开始明白这种设计的价值。

Years ago he got architects buzzing because he applied for a patent in 1961 for something called a geodesic dome.

在1961年他申请了一种圆顶结构的专利，这在建筑业引起了颇多争议。

Today, there are about one hundred thousand different large and small geodesic domes in use around the world.

今天，世界上大约有十万个不同大小的网格状球顶建筑在使用。

But he probably is known best for another invention -- the geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is a round building made of many straight-sided pieces.

但他最著名的发明可能是另一项发明——测地线圆顶。测地线圆顶是由许多直边构件组成的圆形建筑。

There are no limits to the size of a geodesic dome. So Fuller proposed using them over cities or over areas that had severe weather.

网格状球顶建筑的大小没有限制。所以富勒建议在有极端天气的城市或区域使用这种建筑。

But his tendency to make great leaps from slight data meant his ideas often lacked solid foundations—much like his geodesic domes, novel structures that soared skywards without apparent support and occasionally came crashing down.

但他倾向于从微不足道的数据中取得巨大飞跃， 这意味着他的想法往往缺乏坚实的基础——就像他的测地线穹顶一样， 新颖的结构在没有明显支撑的情况下直冲云霄， 偶尔会轰然倒塌。