Alan quickly changed the subject to break the tension.

阿淋立即换了个话题来打破紧张的气氛。

Surfactants' ability to break surface tension makes them useful to humans as a wetting agent.

表面活性剂打破表面张力的能力使它们作为湿润剂来说对人类是非常有用的。

Water can't enter it because their hairs are too tiny to break its surface tension.

水无法进入，因为它们的毛发太细密了， 无法打破水的表面张力。

If she hadn't broken the tension by answering me, I think I would have fainted.

如果她没回答，并打破紧张局面，我想我大概会昏倒。

This defense mechanism relies on another property of surfactants — their ability to break the surface tension of water.

这种防御机制依赖于表面活性剂的另一种特性——打破水表面张力的能力。

I'm trying to break the tension.

我在尽量打破僵局。

The new Aureliano was a year old when the tension of the people broke with no forewarning.

新的奥雷连诺一岁时，人们的紧张气氛毫无征兆地打破了。

Their long beaks break the surface tension of the water and their slender bodies become  hydrodynamic once they hit the water.

它们长长的喙打破了水的表面张力，它们细长的身体一旦接触到水面就会变成水动力。

And even so, he realized that he did not know the breaking tension of this blade, did not even know if it couldbe broken.

即便如此，他也发现自己并不知道这把刀刃的断裂张力，甚至不知道能不能折断。

And the Rule doesn't apply to mammals under three kilograms. They actually pee in droplets, not continuous streams, because surface tension breaks up their tiny jets of urine.

该规则不适用于三公斤以下的哺乳动物。 它们实际上以液滴形式撒尿，而不是连续不断地撒尿， 因为表面张力会破坏它们微小的尿液喷射。

These tiny cubes are small enough to hold water without breaking its surface tension, so the sides of the cube can be completely open without the water spilling out, meaning the surface area exposed to the air outside is much bigger.

这些微小的立方体足够小， 可以在不破坏其表面张力的情况下容纳水，因此立方体的侧面可以完全打开而水不会溢出， 这意味着暴露在外面空气中的表面积要大得多。