By the end of Stoll's two-hour lecture, the Berkeley Math Circle knows many reasons why a 3-D universe is probably the only place where we can tie our shoes."VOA-T004", "2276958"
「皆さんが4次元の世界に住んでいたとして、自分で靴ひもを結べるでしょうか」とストール氏は尋ねます。
"Can you tie your shoes if you lived in a four-dimensional universe?" Stoll asks."VOA-T004", "2163333"
かがんで靴ひもを結ぶ
reach down to tie one's shoelaces
その他にも、靴ひもをつかんでつまづかせたり、あひるにトニーのボートを沈めさせたりしました。
they tripped him up by catching his bootlace and bribed the ducks to sink his boat.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_PETER03", "2598680"
and at the time I speak of it contained a hundred and eighty crumbs, thirty-four nuts, sixteen crusts, a pen-wiper and a bootlace.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_PETER02", "2584881"