He dropped a tension spring he was working with and watched it slink away across the floor.
他工作时，一个张力弹簧掉在了地上，他就看着弹簧在地板上滑动。
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Gerard bent cautiously to the rat’s box—would it spring out, bite him, then scurry away across the floor to live behind the baseboard forever, like some cartoon incarnation?
My family thinks I'm such a hippie weirdo for sleeping on a futon on the floor, and I'll bet it crossed their mind at least ONCE that they think I am too cheap to spring for a bed.