title: What is this thing 4 date: 2020-12-25 11:06:13 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。
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<!-- more -->Q: Tunnel in basement of Pennsylvania rowhouse
宾夕法尼亚州排屋的地窖中的隧道。
A: Coal delivery, perhaps.
可能是用来煤炭运输。
Q: What is this attachment and why is it round?
这个附着物是什么？为什么它是圆的？
A: I doubt it is, but it looks like an anchor buoy to me.
我不太确定，但是在我看来，它像是个锚浮标。
Q: What is this thing: some beach sand in Ecuador is magnetic.
这是个啥？厄瓜多尔的沙滩看起来是有磁性的。
A: Probably a bunch of iron Like here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironsand
可能是一堆铁，就像维基百科说的一样：https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironsand
铁砂，也称为铁砂或铁砂，是一种铁含量高的砂。它通常是深灰色或黑色。它主要由磁铁矿，Fe₃O₄，以及还含有少量的钛，二氧化硅，锰，钙和钒。铁砂在阳光直射下容易变热，导致温度高到足以引起轻微灼伤。因此，在新西兰皮哈（Piha）等受欢迎的西海岸冲浪海滩上，它构成了危害。
Q: What is this brown bumpy thing on my Pringle??
我的品客薯片上的这些个棕色小东西是什么？？
A: The previous Pringle that didn't completely make it out of the rolling mold. Pringles aren't sliced potatoes, they are mashed potatoes pressed flat and cut like cookies. That's a stuck previous Pringle. https://youtu.be/YDUTOo2tq3k
之前的品客薯片并没有完全成型。品客薯片不是切成片的土豆，它们是压扁并切得像饼干一样的土豆泥。
<iframe src="//player.bilibili.com/player.html?aid=373272953&bvid=BV18Z4y137Mz&cid=270707762&page=1" scrolling="no" border="0" frameborder="no" framespacing="0" allowfullscreen="true"> </iframe>Q: I found these in my grandmothers house (germany), they are made of thin glass. Unfortunately there is no box cover explaining what they are.
我在我奶奶的房子（德国）里发现了这些，它们是用薄玻璃做的。不幸的是，没有盒子盖解释它们是什么。
A: They are for flower decoration. One singular flower goes in the tube. There is probably a stand for them somewhere around, but some people like to stick them in foam together with other decorations, or in pieces of driftwood with holes drilled into them, or even into other flowerpots.I saw very similar ones in the Bodenmais Glasmanufaktur
它们是用来装饰花卉的。一朵奇异的花在花筒里。也许在附近的什么地方有一个供它们用的架子，但有些人喜欢把它们和其他装饰品一起用泡沫塑料粘在一起，或者用钻了洞的浮木碎片粘在一起，甚至把它们粘在别的花盆里。我在博登迈斯（德国）的玻璃制造厂见过。
Q: What is this thing I saw above a bus station in Germany?
我在德国的公交车站台上方看到的是什么？
A: It's a charging station for electric/hybrid busses. They usually put these at the station where the line terminates, so the bus can sit and charge for the 10-15 minutes before it starts its next route. At least that's how they work in Sweden.
这是电动/混合动力巴士的充电站。他们通常把这些装置放在线路的终点站，这样公交车就可以坐下来充电10-15分钟，然后再开始下一条线路。至少在瑞典是这样的。
Q: What explosive is this? Found in an attic today. Diameter: ~10cm
这是什么炸药，今天在阁楼上发现的，直径大概十厘米。
A: Deactivated or not, it's still nothing you want to have in your home, and might quite possibly be illegal to possess, depending on where you live.
不管是否失效，它仍然不是你想在家里拥有的东西，而且拥有它很可能是非法的，这取决于你住在哪里。
Q: I have seen a couple of these truck covers and have no idea what it’s purpose is.
我见过蛮多辆这样子的卡车了，但是我不知道它的用途是什么。
A: Its a tent. For camping
这个是用来露营的帐篷。
Q: Found some old Oriental silk garments of my great grandfathers.
发现了我曾祖父的一些古老的东方丝绸服装。
A: Dressing in robes like these to play mah jong was quite in vogue in the 1920s-30s.
在20世纪二三十年代，穿这样的长袍打麻将相当流行。