paper-clip

基本解释

TAKE a paper-clip and straighten it out.
拿一个回形针并把它弄直。
Do that half a dozen times or so and the paper-clip will snap in two.
大约这样做六次左右，回形针将喀嚓一声折成两段。
The extraordinary thing about “metal fatigue” is that it takes only a few pounds of force applied repeatedly back and forth across the paper-clip’s thickness to break it.
关于“金属疲劳”特别的事情就是只需要用几磅的力量重复来回穿过回形针的厚度来折断它。

One moment they are appointing paper-clip monitors to deal with the supply of paper clips.
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter
Do that half a dozen times or so and the paper-clip will snap in two.
ECONOMIST: Aircraft fatigue
To snap a typical paper-clip in tension—by clamping one end and tugging on the other—would require a force of 50lbs or so.
ECONOMIST: Aircraft fatigue

A paper clip is a small piece of bent wire that is used to hold papers together.