时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(六)月


英语课

   Flawless pearls are among the most symmetrical spheres biological organs. But do they get so round? Turns out they turn. Pearls and mollusks such as oysters 2 create so-called pearls acs around intrusive 3 pieces of grit 4. The sac coat the yelten with the layer smooth biker also known as mother of pearls. The growing pearls rotate itself which allows the biker to deposit even they over its surface.By examining pearls under influences and scanning electronic microscope, researcher discovered that the surface actually has soft tooth texture 5. As the mollusk 1 moves, the pearls flaw so to the next tiny tooth. The works is published in the Journal Lanier. A pearl' motion influences its niker coverage 6 and not its finally shape. Depending on its surface pattern, it might turn in a single direction to create a drop or ring, or rotate more freely to form sphere, if defect prevents this motion, the final product will be shapeless. The resulting asymmetrical 7 pearls is doomed 8 to be booed.



1 mollusk
n.软体动物
  • I swear I have never seen such a mollusk with thorns all over its body.我敢发誓我从来没有见过这种全身长满棘刺的软体动物。
  • The colour varies with the mollusk and its environment.颜色因母体及其环境的不同而异。
2 oysters
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
  • We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
  • She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
3 intrusive
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
4 grit
n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关
  • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
  • I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
5 texture
n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
6 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
7 asymmetrical
adj.不均匀的,不对称的
  • Most people's faces are asymmetrical.多数人的脸并不对称。
  • Folds may be gentle and symmetrical,or sharp and asymmetrical.褶皱可以是平缓而对称的,也可以是陡峭而非对称的。
8 doomed
命定的
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
学英语单词
-propelled
alae cerebelli
antennal neuron
apex
arithmetic primary
ballistic fingerprintings
battery supply circuit
big-enchilada
billet rolling
bingstuff
biological fixation
blaze a way
Borrmann method
cantbailine
carved wooden screen
cast iron ram
celluloytic
chearing
chylific
codeword
cold war era
common color name
condensings
cumulative indexes
cystomatous chondroma
decrunch
Delivery options
disco-bar
dynamic indication
early maturing breed
electric revolution indicator
electrohypersensitivity
electroslag melting process
Euro fund
ferrite-rod memory
field inductance
fin-de-siecle
fitting in with
flywheel energy storage system
frequent-flier mile
fsn
Galbulin
generalized uniserial algebra
glennons
growth movement
heptachromia
horizontal wheel assembly
inbound pass
inhooped
ire (institute of radio engineers)
jacket pipe
Kobashigawa
laringoscopy
Laurbjerg
lean gas
Maddenia incisoserrata
marry me
microsurgery instruments set
milking stage
mirror-smooth
mold venting
Neill-Dingwall syndrome
net adjustment
nierembergias
Nimzowitsch
non-adhesives
non-linear programming
ochsner
one sided love
open system interconnection layer
Orawia
orders per second
petrels
photometric analyzer
point of increase
Pop up the history list
powder rubber
prescouring agent
primary sodium
punching device
qualify sb's claim
Red Bank
red mud
Reed City
restrained line
scientific imperialism
secessions
sectorial
seizuring load
short salvo
sixth-year molar
splitting principle
spondylo-
swellelegous
symmetric monocephalus
Taxillus parasiticus
terrazzoes
thermal transfer fax
uneven foxing laying
unstealthily
virtual terminal access method
wave memorizer