Men sit cross-legged on cushioned floor mats, sniffing vials and dabbing extraordinarily long perfumed cotton swabs behind their ears.

男士盘腿坐在蓬软的地垫上嗅闻小瓶子，并用沾了精油的超长棉花棒轻触耳后。

And they took a... cotton swab from inside my mouth.

他们拿一个棉球擦了一下我口腔。

Even though they seem like the perfect tool for the job, you really shouldn't use cotton swabs to try and get rid of excess earwax.

尽管棉签看起来是非常完美的工具，但你其实不应该使用它来清除多余的耳垢。

Revitalize a dried-out mascara tube with a few drops of hot water. Use a cotton swab to get into the crevices of little pots of eye cream or lip balm.

用几滴热水来修复干燥的睫毛刷。使用面签深入眼霜或唇膏管中沾取最后一点。

Eventually they slow down as they ram through the thin material between galaxies, but when they do they puff up, looking like huge cotton swabs which glow in radio waves.

最终，当它们撞击星系间的稀薄物质时，它们会减速，但当它们撞击在一起时，就会膨胀起来，看起来像个巨大的棉签，以无线电波的形式发出光芒。

You should never put a cotton swab or other object into the ear canal. But you can use a swab or cloth to clean the outer part of the ear.

千万不要将棉棒或其他物体放入耳孔内。但是可以使用棉棒或布料来清洁耳朵外部。

Then, a cotton swab is pressed against the patient's eye to induce blinking, and a rubber hammer is used to check for a pain response.

然后，将棉签压在患者的眼睛上以诱导眨眼，并使用橡皮锤检查疼痛反应。

In the spring and summer of 1986 I wrote The Tommyknockers, often working until midnight with my heart running at a hundred and thirty beats a minute and cotton swabs stuck up my nose to stem the coke-induced bleeding.

1986年春夏，我写《林中异形》（小说原名为TheTommyknockers，典出美国传说，死去的矿工魂灵会变成Tommyknockers，敲打矿壁告诉采矿的工人矿石埋藏地或者提醒他们暗藏的事故危险），经常工作到半夜，心脏狂跳到每分钟一百三十次，鼻子里塞着棉球，堵住因为吸食可卡因导致的流血。