The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.

架子长约一米。嗯，精确地说，是98厘米。

In 1919, for example, a humpback whale with a pair of leglike appendages over a metre long, complete with a full set of limb bones, was caught off Vancouver Island in Canada.

例如，1919年，在加拿大温哥华岛附近捕获了一条座头鲸，它有一对长达1米多的腿状附肢，还有完整的整套肢骨。

"Joey" was a length of garden hose about half a metre long.

“乔伊”是一根长约半米的花园软管。

On the other hand, there are 30-metre long whales that swim through our oceans, covering thousands of miles in their ravels.

另一方面，有30米长的鲸鱼在我们的海洋里游来游去，它们的足迹覆盖了数千英里。

Part of a 65 metre long valley gutter relined with the Apex GRP In-Situ System.

65米长的斜沟槽的一部分与 Apex GRP 原位系统连接。

Einstein looked down and found that Newton was standing on a square floor board with one metre long and one metre wide. He didn't understand.

爱因斯坦低头，看到牛顿站在一块长、宽都是一米的正方形地板砖上，大为不解。

How do we know how long a metre is?

我们怎么知道有一米多长？

Pastries are presented in a nine metre long display case, cantilevered at one end.

点心被摆放在一个9米长的台子上，台子末端是悬挑的。

The staircaselike locks were followed by a 5-km- (3-mile-) long, 9-metre- (30-foot-) deep cut blasted into the rocky plateau. The town that grew at this site was appropriately named Lockport.

这个阶梯状的船闸延绵5公里（3英里），深度达9米（30英尺），整体都在在岩石上挖掘出来的，后来这里形成了一个小城镇——船闸渡口镇（Lockport）。

The 15-metre long ship is glued by Robert McDonald, his son and more than 5000 children.

这艘身长15米的大船由麦克唐纳和儿子以及5000多名儿童共同完成。

The town boldly erected a 20-foot - (6 metre -) long statue of a bee, made from fibreglass and steel, and was promptly dubbed the "Killer bee Capital of the World".

小镇大胆的树立起一座20英尺(6米)长的这种蜂的雕像，全部由玻璃纤维和钢铁制成，然后迫不及待的给自己授予“世界杀人蜂之都”的封号。

To test this idea he trained his ants to walk from their nests to a feeding station through a ten-metre-long channel.

为此，威特·林格博士对其养殖的蚂蚁进行了训练，让它们经过一条十米长的沟从蚁巢走到一个饲喂点。

After about one year, a blister forms and the mature worm, one metre long, emerges thus repeating the life-cycle.

约一年之后，水疱形成，一米长的成虫脱出。以此重复生活周期。

After about one year, a blister forms and the mature worm, one metre long, tries to emerge, thus repeating the life-cycle.

约一年之后，水疱形成，一米长的成虫努力脱出，从而重复生活周期。

The most beautiful object in this exhibition is a five-metre-long scroll covered with sepia lines of feathery calligraphy.

艺术展中最为漂亮的物品是一幅五米长的、覆盖着红棕色线条、柔软如羽毛的书法作品。

How long is a metre?

一米有多长？

A vuvuzela is a brightly-coloured plastic trumpet, usually about a metre long, which is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa.

Vuvuzela（呜呜祖拉）是一种颜色鲜艳的塑料喇叭，大约有一米长，是南非球迷在足球比赛时经常会用到的一个装备。

The us Navy has exercised contract options funding Austal's acquisition of long lead-time material associated with the construction of two additional 103-metre Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).

美国海军已经行使合同选项，向Austal公司长期材料筹备注资，以建造两艘额外103米长的联合高速船(JHSV)。

The 740, 000 square-foot (69, 000 square-metre) building has a 1, 960 foot long main assembly floor, with a railway line running through the door—handy if you are making locomotives.

这间厂房占地七万四千平方英尺（六万九千平方米），拥有一条1960英尺长的主装配道，铁路线直通工厂大门；这些条件对于生产机车来说，堪称得天独厚。

The nation's Maritime Self-Defence Force is reportedly planning to construct a new 284 metre long destroyer capable of transporting 14 helicopters, 4,000 people and 50 trucks.

据报道日本海上自卫队计划建造一新的长达284米的驱逐舰，可运载14架直升机，4000名士兵及50辆卡车。

They are everywhere and transport everything-not just people, but also goods like goats, fridges, five-metre-long bamboo sticks and anything one can imagine that can be sold.

它们遍及各处，没有什么是不能拉的，不仅仅拉人，还拉山羊、冰箱、长达5米的竹竿以及其它任何想象得到的货物。

Depending on quality, five-metre-long mammoth tusks can sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

猛犸象象牙价格视质量而定。 一根5米长的象牙可以卖到数万美元。

This device, which is being tested at Zuma beach in Malibu, California, is a remote-controlled, 1.4-metre-long, 11kg buoy with a foam core covered by red canvas and surrounded by ropes.

该设备目前正在加利福尼亚州马里布的祖玛海滩接受测试。这是一种1.4米长、11千克重的遥控救生器材；核心部分由泡沫制成，覆以红色帆布，周围绕有绳索。

It is not easy to pivot briskly with a three-metre-long spear on one’s shoulder or to present arms with a bow and a loose bundle of arrows.

肩上扛着3米长的矛做出敏捷的转体动作或握着弓拿着松松垮垮的一袋箭摆出敬礼的姿势都很不容易。

The galleries are located on the first and third floors, and a 105-foot-long (46 metre) escalator shuttles visitors from the lobby to the main gallery on the third floor.

画廊位于首层以及第三层，一个105英尺长（46米）的自动扶梯带领游客从大堂穿梭到三楼主展厅。

The desk is one metre long.

这张桌子有一米长。

A 70-metre-long studio will offer opportunities for group learning, while a "drop-down" space will be used for crits.

一个近70米长的工作室将作为小组学习的空间，还有一个下沉空间可作为休息区。