1. For the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere.
    原因很简单，因为还剩下几个形状奇特的零件似乎哪里也装不上去。

2. His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick. This is done by a great number of ring-shaped air jets on the bottom of the craft.
    他的解决办法是把船体提离水面，让船在一个气垫上行驶，气垫只有一两英尺厚。船底装上大量环状喷气嘴以实现这一目的。

3. My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study.
    我的堂兄哈里在他的书房里一直摆着一只形状古怪的大瓶子。

4. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.
    人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。