你見過形似佛像的梨么？還有五角星形黃瓜、方形西瓜、骷髏頭南瓜。據(jù)報(bào)道，江蘇蘇州一家瓜果模具公司生產(chǎn)的模具可以為各種瓜果“塑形”，只要將作物莖干放在各種的模具中，就能長出相應(yīng)形狀的果實(shí)，有的模具甚至還能印字，比如在心形蘋果上印上“l(fā)ove”。

These ingenious moulds grow fruit and veg into bizarre shapes - including little Buddha pears and square watermelons.
這些巧妙的模具可以讓水果蔬菜長成奇怪的形狀，比如形似小佛像的梨和方形西瓜。

China-based Fruit Mould Co is behind the crazy contraptions and have been commissioned worldwide to help people make odd-shaped produce.
這款奇妙的裝置由中國的瓜果模具公司發(fā)明，已經(jīng)幫助世界各地的人們生產(chǎn)奇形怪狀的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。

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Its website says: 'Fruit Mould Co., Ltd specialises in creating one of a kind, high quality fruit and vegetable moulds to transform regular fruits into wacky and weird shapes that you've never seen before.
該公司網(wǎng)站上寫道：“瓜果模具公司專營獨(dú)一無二的優(yōu)質(zhì)水果蔬菜模具，可以將普通水果變成前所未見的奇形怪狀。”

'Imagine square watermelons, heart-shaped cucumbers and Buddha shaped pears.'
“想象一下方形西瓜、心形黃瓜和形似小佛像的梨。”

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The moulds work by farmers placing them over the stems of growing produce and then allowing the fruit and veg to slowly fill them as they develop.
這些模具的使用方法是：農(nóng)民將模具安裝在生長期的作物莖干上，然后讓果蔬生長，慢慢填滿模具。

Some moulds are even designed so there can be words put on the items - including heart shaped apples with the word 'love' across them.
有些模具的設(shè)計(jì)甚至可以在果蔬上印字，比如印著“l(fā)ove”的心形蘋果。

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The company, based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, eastern China, even offers custom designs through its website.
該公司位于中國東部江蘇省蘇州市，他們甚至可以通過網(wǎng)站提供定制設(shè)計(jì)服務(wù)。

One of the moulds offered by the company is skull-shaped, allowing customers to create ghoulish pumpkin skulls for Halloween.
這間公司出售的模具中有一種骷髏頭形狀的，客戶可以用它制作出恐怖的萬圣節(jié)骷髏頭南瓜。

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The company says on its website that strangely shaping food can 'add more value' to items as well as drawing more attention to them.
該公司在其網(wǎng)站上表示，形狀奇怪的食物可以“增加產(chǎn)品的價(jià)值”，也可以吸引更多目光。

The company claims 'any kind of fruit can be shaped by the moulds'.
該公司聲稱“這些模具可以給任何種類的水果塑形”。

英文來源：每日郵報(bào)
翻譯&編輯：董靜
審校：丹妮