title: What is this thing 10 date: 2021-04-22 16:41:59 description: For the identification of mysterious objects tags:
What is this thing 是 reddit 上的一个社区（community），上面时不时会有人发一些没见过的玩意来提问。
一起来看看吧！
<!-- more -->Q: What is this ring my Uber driver would randomly click?
我的优步司机会随机按的戒指是个什么东西？
A: Hes praying, thats a counter
他在祷告，那是个计数器。
（译者注：应该是叫电子念珠吧，我爸有一个。）
Q: strange weapon i found in a german news clip about the turkish coup.
我在一则关于土耳其政变的德国新闻里发现了奇怪的武器。
A: Drone killer. It sends a strong and very directional radio frequency signal to jam the receíver on the drone to cause it to crash.
无人机的杀手。它会发送一个很强的定向无线电频率信号干扰无人机上的接收器使其坠毁。
Q: Found in a garden. Metallic object that closes in on itself
在花园里发现的可以合上的金属物件。
A: Looks like a Hindu ritual box. It is missing the middle piece that would sit in that central hole. See some for sale here: https://www.exoticindiaart.com/sculptures/Ritual/box/
看起来像印度教的礼盒。它缺少了位于中间洞的部分。
这里有卖：
https://www.exoticindiaart.com/sculptures/Ritual/box/
Q: What's the long-lasting trail behind this boat?
这艘船后面长长的痕迹是什么?
A: The disturbed water hasn't mixed back into surrounding water very quick and the sun is reflecting off the different surface waves amplifying the difference.
被搅乱的水并没有很快地混入周围的水中，太阳从不同的表面波反射回来，放大了这种差异。
Q: staying at an air b&b, why does the vent have a green light inside it?
住在爱彼迎的旅馆里，为什么通风口会发出绿色的光？
A: It’s likely could be a UV-C sterilization lamp. Kills germs/viruses as they pass by. Also can help prevent mold and whatnot building up on the coil.
可能是紫外线消毒灯。杀死照射到的细菌或病毒。也可以防止霉菌和其他的些什么不在管道中生成。
Q: Found metal detecting in a Minnesota park where other objects around 1860s have been pulled.
在明尼苏达公园发现的金属物件，一同被发现的还有一些十九世纪六十年代的物体。
A: Mold for casting lead soldiers?
铸造铅士兵的模具？
A: Exactly. It's half the mold. I had the same set as a kid.
楼上说的完全正确，这只是模具的一半，我小时候有一套和这一样的。
A: Man how times have changed. You were playing with molten lead now kids are Tik toking or whatever it is
大人，时代变了，你小时候在玩铅铸模型，现在的小孩都在玩抖音什么的。
Q: What is this spur on the back of my pizza slicer?
我披萨切片机后面的刺是什么?
A: Ravioli maybe? Like pizza cutters are also used to cut pasta.
也许是用来切意大利饺的？ 像这样的披萨切片机也会用来切意大利面。
（译者注：意大利饺长这样。）
Q: Old school chem set maybe? Found in Abandoned building with no info on it.
也许是旧学校的化学教具？在废弃的建筑里发现的，没有任何信息。
A: Googling some of the names seems to point to a collection of homeopathic garbage.
谷歌了一些名字之后似乎指向了一堆号称顺势疗法的垃圾。
（译者注：这一块专业知识不太懂，如果有大佬麻烦科普一下！）
（译者再注：多谢 淡乱君 、 ooooo 、 大海里的一粒阿莫西林 科普！）
Q: What would be shipped in this strange shaped container?
这个奇怪的容器里面装的是什么？
A: Had a hunch, and it's a ( human or equine) sperm shipping container. We've had one of these on here before, which are used to ship bull sperm.
我有预感，它是一个（人类或马）精子运输容器。我们之前在这上面有一个，用来运送公牛精子的。