sugar cube

基本解释

But ensure you add it a drop at a time through a sugar cube on a spoon placed over the glass of absinthe.
但你需要一滴一滴地加——在酒杯上架一个勺子，里面放一块方糖，每滴水都需要穿过这块糖滴入酒中。
The world's most powerful supercomputer could be the size of a sugar cube and more energy efficient than you might ever imagine.
世界上最强大的超级计算机将超出你的想象，只有方糖大小并且更加节能。
John Kitching and colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colo., are designing atomic clocks that range in size from a sugar cube to a grain of rice.
在科罗拉多州博尔德的国家标准与技术学会（NIST）工作的John Kitching及其同事正在设计一系列微型电子钟，尺寸从一块方糖到一粒米大小。

In essence we're talking about a handful of acres here, the equivalent of a sugar cube in New York City.
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