tar balls

基本解釋

Tar balls continue to wash up on beaches.
焦油球繼續(xù)被沖刷到沙灘上。
We Americans have been galvanized by the oil spill on our gulf coast, because we see tar balls and dead sea birds as visceral reminders of our hubris in deep sea drilling.
我們美國人對墨西哥灣漏油事件感到震驚，是因為原油球塊和死去的海鳥深刻地提醒我們，我們在深海鉆探方面是多么的狂妄自大。
But other components of the oil have most likely turned into floating tar balls that could continue to gum up beaches and marshes, and may represent a continuing threat to some sea life.
原油中的其他化合物最有可能轉變成漂浮的原油球塊，繼續(xù)侵襲海灘和濕地，可能對一些海洋生物構成持續(xù)性威脅。

Another source of concern: the discovery of 20 tar balls off Key West,Florida on Monday.
And,he said, tar balls are less toxic.
But the sight of workers wearing white protective suits and gloves hauling in tons of oil-contaminated waste - including bags of sandy tar balls, vegetation,used oil booms, rags and other clean-up supplies - has caused alarm among some Gulf coast communities.

There were tar balls in the Gulf before drilling for oil even existed!
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