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The smoke from the fire rose and found its way outside and the light danced over the roof of the cave.
find one's way 是什么意思？我在英汉词典中没有查到这个短语。
find one's way 后面常跟介词 to(into) 或副词, 作“进入”“到达”解 [参见 way (find one's way)]:
Rivers find their way to the sea. 条条江河流入大海。
Don't bother to meet me at the station, I'm sure I'll be able to find my way to your house. 不用费事到车站来接我，我肯定会找到你家的。
Most of his plans found their way into the wastepaper basket. 他的大多数计划(最后)都到纸篓里去了。
[句意]烟从火中升起，飘到外面去了……
Provided that a sufficient mass of uranium is disposed in a number of rods through the moderator, a high enough proportion of the emitted neutrons will find their way to fissile nuclei to produce a chain reaction. (The Structure of Technical English, p.111)
[原译]如果将足够数量的铀，制成若干铀棒插入减速剂内，则绝大部分放射出的中子，将达到裂变核子速度而产生链式反应。（中译本）
说“中子达到裂变核子速度”与物理常识相违背，请分析。
find one's way to 这个短语的意思不是“达到……速度”，而是“到达”“进入”（参见 find one's way）。例如：
Slang often finds its way into colloquial English.
俚语常常渗透到日常口语里来。
[试译]如果插放在减速剂中的一些铀棒有足够质量的铀可供利用,则放射出来的中子
lose way/lose the way 1616
就会有很大一部分进入裂变核，而引起链式反应。
lose way/lose the way 见 lose the way
make way/make one's way 见 lose heart
weapon/arms 见 weapon/weaponry