the so-and-so的意思|示意

The small kid was starting to fuss in her high chair, so the mom stuck an iPad in front of her and played a short movie so everyone else could enjoy their lunch.

小女孩在她的高脚椅上开始吵闹，所以妈妈在她面前放了一个 iPad，放了一个短片，这样大家都可以享受他们的午餐。

The thunder was so noisy and the lightning so bright--and I was hungry.

雷声那么响，闪电那么亮——我饿了。

Plant biology is complex and fascinating, but it differs so greatly from that of animals that so-called evidence of plants' intelligence is inconclusive, the authors wrote.

作者写道，植物的生命机理复杂且有趣，但与动物的生命机理差异非常大，以至于所谓的能证明植物有意识的证据虽然有趣，却站不住脚。

The garter was so bashful, so modest, and thought it was a strange question to answer.

袜带是那么羞怯、那么谦虚，不过，这个问题回答起来很奇怪。

So, too, would the motion detectors in your home, so the thief will need to continue jamming once he's inside and searching for things to steal.

你家里的运动探测器也会这样，所以小偷一旦进入屋内寻找可以偷的东西，就需要继续干扰。

Were they salt domes such as are common along the United States Gulf Coast, and if so, why should there have been so much solid crystalline salt beneath the floor of the Mediterranean?

它们是在美国墨西哥湾沿岸的那种很常见的盐丘吗？如果是的话，为什么地中海海底会有这么多坚硬的结晶盐呢？