What if your joke falls completely flat?

You can pick pods earlier, when they are completely flat for a pea similar to Mange Tout.

你可以在更早的时候采摘豆荚，豆荚还完全是平整的，类似雪豆的样子。

The lower section is left completely flat, only the outer curve being manipulated.

下面一层的裁片要放置完成平整。只将凸的弯曲部位进行缝合。

In summer, the salt planes are a completely flat and bone-dry expanse, but in the wet season, it is covered with a thin sheet of water that is still drivable.

夏天，盐沼平坦如砥，气候极为干燥，但是一到雨季，盐沼上覆盖上一层薄薄的水，人们可以驾车驶过湖面。

Provided that the casting has one completely flat surface, the pattern can be made in one piece.

如果铸件有一个面是完全平的，模型就可以做成一个整体。

A stealth aircraft, on the other hand, is made up of completely flat surfaces and very sharp edges. When a radar signal hits a stealth plane, the signal reflects away at an angle.

然而，隐形战机表面十分平整，边缘也很锋利，这样一来当雷达信号接触机身时，将会成一定角度反射散去。

They can lay completely flat.

他们可以把身体完全放平。

So what if we somehow flatten our cone, push it a bit up so that it becomes completely flat?

但是什么都不会变，所以，如果我们把圆锥压扁？

And the dire injury predictions other scientists made for runners have fallen completely flat.

而且其他科学家对跑步者可能出现损伤的可怕预言完全没有发生。

The Mets don't have to be completely flat entering that stretch, but in order to inflate, they'll first need to take Sunday's game amid the glitz of a Subway Series finale.

大都会不必以完全泄气的心情进入那段赛程，但为了要激励士气，他们首先有必要在地铁系列最后一战耀眼的光环中拿下星期天的比赛。

A batfish as flat as a pancake was dredged up from the oil-slick waters in the Gulf of Mexico. A new species of antelope was found on sale at a West African bush meat market.

像煎饼一样扁平的蝙蝠鱼在墨西哥湾的浮油水域被发现；一种新的羚类在一个非洲西部丛林肉市场上被廉价出售。

I like going climbing. That's why I dislike areas that are as flat as a pancake.

我喜欢登山，因此我不喜欢一马平川的地方。

Most of our county is as flat as a pancake.

我们县大部分地方非常平坦。

A father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son studied, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

有位父亲将他的妻子安全地留在家里后，冲到他儿子就读的学校，而触目所见，却是被夷为平地的校园。

Only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

却发现学校已被夷为平地。

John: As flat as a pancake – a phrase we use in English to describe something very flat indeed.

象煎饼一样平，一个很常用的英文表达，描述一样东西特别的平整。

In the midst of utter devastation and chaos, a father left his wife safely at home and rushed to the school where his son was supposed to be, only to discover that the building was as flat as a pancake.

在彻底的破坏与混乱之中，有位父亲将他的妻子在家里安顿好后，跑到他儿子就读的学校，而触目所见，却是被夷为平地的校园。

There was a town down there, as flat as a pancake, and called Summit.

那地方有个小镇，地势平坦得宛如一张大饼，当然了，名字还是叫顶峰镇。

The whole landscape looked as flat as a pancake.

整个地形十分平坦。

Most of the province is as flat as a pancake.

那省的大部分地区地势平坦。

Why didn't you look where you were sitting? You've squashed my hat as flat as a pancake.

你为什么不看看坐在什么地方？你把我帽子都压扁了。