The age old dilemma about what brides should do with their wedding dress once their honeymoon is over appears to have been solved by scientists.
新娘度完蜜月后该如何处置婚纱这个难题由来已久，现在看来科学家们已经找到了解决办法。
British researchers have developed an environmentally friendly garment that can simply be dissolved in water after being worn.
英国研究人员研制出了一种穿过后可在水中溶解的环保型婚纱。
Fashion and engineering students at Sheffield Hallam University developed the wedding dress, which can be transformed into five new fashion pieces.
这款婚纱由谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学时装和工程系学生研制，可演绎成五种新的时尚款式。
The dress has polyvinyl alcohol, a biodegradable substance that is used in laundry bags and washing detergents, knitted into the fabric. This enables it to be dissolved into water without harming the environment.
这种婚纱的材料中含有一种常在洗衣袋和洗洁精中使用的生物可降解物质——聚乙烯醇，该物质可让婚纱在水中溶解而且对环境无害。