Its scientists then study the detritus in cathedral-sized detectors.

然后大型强子对撞机的科学家在大教堂般大小的探测器内研究对撞形成的碎屑。

They feed on detritus left behind by the falling waters.

它们以退潮留下的碎物为食。

But don't think Wrigley's-this detritus is black, sticky tar distilled from birch bark.

但不要以为那是箭牌口香糖——这种残余物是从桦树皮中蒸馏出来的黑色粘性焦油。

Beneath an overpass, piles of hay began to appear here and there amid the city detritus.

在一座立交桥下，城市垃圾中开始出现成堆的干草，在这里和那里。

This can affect how much fuel — branches, leaves and other detritus — there is to burn.

这会影响树枝、树叶和其它废弃物等燃料会燃烧的数量。

But one thing you can count on? A huge pile of paper trash, the detritus from unwrapping presents.

但有件事你可以确定。一大堆废纸——拆开礼物包装后留下的碎屑。

And there, surveying the detritus was author Mary Roach.

作家玛丽·罗奇 (Mary Roach) 正在那里勘察这些碎石。

Outside, life in Manhattan continued, oblivious, fast-moving, ignoring the detritus that piled up in the gutter.

在外面，曼哈顿的生活还在继续，浑然不觉，快节奏，无视排水沟中堆积的碎屑。

A huge pile of paper trash, the detritus from unwrapping presents.

一大堆纸垃圾，拆开礼物的碎屑。

In this process, sea cucumbers clean and oxygenate the seafloor by breaking down detritus and recycling nutrients.

在这个过程中，海参通过分解碎屑和回收养分来清洁海底并充氧。