DEEP DIVES

There’s been dirt in Minecraft for a very long time. It was added just six days after development began on what at the time was called "Cave Game”. But for some reason it took us more than a decade to add dirt’s soggier cousin to the game. Our block of the month, today, is Mud .
泥土在 Minecraft 中已经存在很长时间了。在开发开始后六天就加入了游戏，那时这个游戏还叫做「Cave Game（洞穴游戏）」。但是不知为何，我们过了十年才将泥土的亲戚加入游戏。今天，我们的本月方块，是泥巴。

Mud finally became a part of Minecraft in The Wild Update, released in June 20222. The update added the Deep Dark, the Warden, and the Allay. But it also added the Mangrove Swamp biome, and with it the ability to make your dreams come true – particularly if your dreams involve filling your inventory entirely with mud.
泥巴在荒野更新中加入游戏，该更新于 2022 年 6 月 发布。更新加入了深暗之域、监守者，以及悦灵。除此之外，还加入了红树林沼泽群系，有能力让你的梦想全部成真 – 特别是当你的梦想涉及到将泥巴装满物品栏这件事的时候。

There are two ways to get mud in Minecraft. You can locate a mangrove swamp biome and dig it up (a shovel is the best tool to use for this), or you can pour the contents of a water bottle over a dirt block. Either way, you’ll be rewarded with a nice pile of mud. Now, what are you going to do with it?
要在 Minecraft 中获得泥巴，有两种方式。你可以寻找红树林沼泽群系，把它整个挖空（最好用铲子），也可以把水瓶里的东西撒到泥土上。无论哪种方式，你都会获得好一堆泥巴作为奖励。那么，你要用它做什么呢？

Well, mud has some interesting properties. You can combine it with wheat to get “packed mud”, which is used to make mud bricks for building with. You can also place it directly above a block with pointed dropstone underneath it – the water will slowly leach out, turning the mud into clay.
唔，泥巴有不少有趣的特性。你可以将其与小麦合成来获得「泥坯」，用于建筑。如果某个方块下方挂着滴水石锥，你也可以把泥土放到那个方块上面 – 水分会逐渐排出，将泥土转化为黏土。

Finally, you can combine mud with mangrove roots in a crafting table to get... er... muddy mangrove roots. We really think you’ll enjoy that one.
最后，你可以把泥土和红树根合成，这样就会获得……额……沾泥的红树根。我们认为你会喜欢的。

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In the real world, mud is the name given to a whole range of different mixtures of water with soil, loam, silt, and clay. It generally shows up near water sources or after rainfall and gets all over the place. Nonetheless, it’s an important part of our architectural history!
在现实世界中，泥巴可以表示各种水和泥土的混合物，壤土、淤泥，以及黏土。大多出现在水源附近或雨后，到处都是。不过，它也是我们的历史上各种建筑中很重要的一环！

For thousands of years, mud has been used in construction – dried out in the sun to form mud bricks, sometimes with the addition of stone, straw, gravel, and other things to give it a bit more strength. When this happens it’s sometimes called cob, or adobe. Entire cities have been built this way – particularly in drier parts of the world – most notably the ancient citadel of Bam in Iran.
几千年前，泥巴就曾用于建筑 – 在太阳底下曝晒以形成泥砖，有时也会加入少量石头、稻草、沙砾以及其它各种材料来使建筑保持稳定。这种建筑一般被称为泥房或者土胚房。过去整个城市都是用这种方式建筑的 – 尤其在干旱地区 – 最有名的是伊朗的巴姆古堡。

But humans aren’t the only creatures that live in mud. It also provides a home for worms, frogs, snails, clams, and crayfish – and it’s frequently used by larger creatures, like buffalo, pigs, rhinos, hippos, and elephants to cool off and protect themselves from the sun.
不过，人类不是唯一一种在泥巴wwww中生活的生物。泥巴同时也是蠕虫、青蛙、蜗牛、虫合蜊，以及龙虾的家 – 有时也会被大型生物利用，例如水牛、猪、犀牛、河马，以及大象会用泥巴来降温以及抵御太阳的强光。

So next time you’re finding yourself overwhelmed by the heat in Minecraft, locate a mangrove swamp and sink into the deep, cooling mud. You’ll be glad that you did!
所以，下次如果你沉迷于 Minecraft 的光热无法自拔，就寻找一片红树林沼泽，沉入又深又凉的泥巴。你会庆幸这样做的！




【希铁石z 译自官网 2022 年 09 月 11 日发布的 Block of the Month: Mud；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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