1·Huge ingots of copper, itself a depreciating asset, were the weighty "store of value" and means of exchange.
巨大的铜锭，本身就是不断贬值的资产，它还是死沉死沉的“价值贮藏手段”和交换手段。
2·The shortage of silicon that has bedevilled the solar-panel industry will ease, only to be replaced by bottlenecks in other areas, such as turning the silicon into wafers and ingots.
太阳能板工业受硅材料缺乏所困的情况将会减轻，取而代之，却会在其他方面面临瓶颈，例如将硅材料做成硅锭和硅片。
3·The first step in making solar cells is to shape silicon into ingots and then slice it into wafers.
生产太阳能电池的第一步是把硅浇铸成硅锭，之后切为晶片。
4·Shaped into pellets convenient for shipping, copper and tin ingots were the raw material for making the metal which defines the Bronze Age.
铜和锡锭是制作金属的原材料，它们被磨成小球型可以便于运输，而那个时代也因金属而得名。
5·The Bronze Age shipwreck's main cargo was hundreds of copper and tin ingots such as these.
青铜时代沉船的主要货物是数以百计的这样的铜和锡锭。