I wonder if it was an American missile falling a bit short.

我想知道美国的核导弹改良后是不是变短了一些。

From time to time they were tantalized by what looked like short bits of DNA, which are called reads.

时不时地，他们被看起来像短小DNA片段的物质所戏弄，这些物质叫读长。

I put four spars side by side, and laid short bits of plank on them, crossways, to make my raft strong.

我把四根柱子并排放在一起，在上面横着放了一小块木板，这使我的木筏结实。

We will cover a variety of subjects this evening, beginning perhaps with a short bit of material concerning energy in general.

我们今晚将述及各种主题，也许从有关一般能量的一小段资料开始。

And park in front of this short bit of fence and this massive real estate sign.

把车停在这个短栅栏和这个巨大的房地产标志前面。

Stegosaurus walked on all four legs, although their front legs were quite a bit shorter than their back legs.

剑龙四足行走，虽然前腿比后腿短不少。

One was DNA sequencing, which provided the genetic letters, in order, of short bits of DNA chopped at random from a chromosome.

一种是 DNA 测序，它按顺序提供从染色体上随机切下的短 DNA 片段的遗传字母。