1·A quark cannot exist on its own, but must be bound to other quarks or an antiquark.
一个夸克不能单独存在，必须与其它夸克或反夸克结合在一起。
2·Nobody knows if it is possible to cut an electron or quark but particle physicists keep trying.
没有人知道分解电子和夸克是否可能，但粒子物理学家们一直在尝试着。
3·To work out what this unique cocktail would sound like scientists analysed the 'quark soup' and the collisions of the particles within it.
为了知道这独特混合物的声音到底是怎样的，科学家分析了“夸克汤”和其中的碰撞粒子。
4·All 16 known constituents, from the humble electron to the esoteric top quark, have now turned up.
所有16种已知成分，从普普通通的电子到晦涩难懂的顶夸克都一一冒了出来。
5·When you go below atomic size and get down to quarks, you drop off the periodic table and start playing with James Joyce who coined the word "quark."
当你从原子那么大再想到夸克，放下元素周期表跟发明了“夸克”这个词的詹姆斯 乔伊斯一起玩儿。