3D巧克力打印机甜蜜创意：想吃巧克力？打印一份！

A chocolate printer that allows sweet lovers to create their own custom-made 3D treats is to go on sale tomorrow at a cost of £2,500.
一款巧克力打印机将于明天上市，只要支付2500英镑，甜蜜恋人们可以为爱人打造自己的3D效果巧克力甜品了。

The machine squirts out chocolate and, via computer instructions, allows the user to build any shape they like out of the food. But makers Choc Edge - founded by Dr Liang Hao, from the University of Exeter - have missed the Easter rush.
这款机器可以喷出巧克力，用户通过电脑下达指令把巧克力做成自己喜欢的任何形状。巧克力打印机由埃克塞特大学郝亮博士创建的Choc Edge公司生产，不过它的上市错过了复活节购物狂潮。

Although they hope the printer, which will go on sale on eBay, will be snapped up by retailers. Britain's biggest chocolatiers Thornton's have already said they are interested.
不过尽管如何，设计者们还是希望这种新产品能被零售商抢购一空，这款3D巧克力打印机将在eBay上推出。英国最大的巧克力制造商桑顿公司已明确表示对这款打印机感兴趣。

Because of the eye-watering cost, however, few individuals are likely to buy one. But the device could one day allow people to design their own 3D objects after submitting their designs on a website.
因为价格昂贵，个人购买巧克力打印机的可能性很小。但是在将来设计者可以通过在网上提交设计方案的方式会设计出自己的3D造型成品。

Dr Hao came up with a prototype last year and has only just perfected it so that it can now go on sale.'We've improved and simplified the machine, so now it is really easy to use,' he told the BBC. 'You just need to melt some chocolate, fill a syringe that is stored in the printer, and get creative printing your chocolate. '
郝博士去年研制出一台原型，但直到现在才为上市做好了充分的准备。 “我们对机器进行了改进和简化，现在它简单易用，”他在接受BBC采访时说。“你要做的就是溶化一些巧克力，然后将其装入打印机中的注射器，当然还需要你的创意，一帧巧克力作品就可以出炉了。”