时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:自然百科2011年


英语课

 In spring, as the weather finally warms, the rivers begin to unlock. Broken-ice makes handy barges 1 for lazy water fowl 2. But the gaps in the ice also give golden-eye ducks a chance to fish. Soon, they are hunting in force. They are not the only ones braving the cold waters. Dippers, live up to their names bobbing for small bugs 3 and crustaceans 4. As parts of the river thaw 5, the birds flock to the grand openings. 


 
The retreating ice only shows a remarkably 6 hardy 7 amphibian 8. The Siberian salamander, compounds in their blood enable these newts to survive temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius 9. They can stay frozen solid for years before thawing 10 and reviving as good as new. They then head for the cold water where they will mate and lay eggs before freezing again next season.

1 barges
驳船( barge的名词复数 )
  • The tug is towing three barges. 那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。
  • There were plenty of barges dropping down with the tide. 有不少驳船顺流而下。
2 fowl
n.家禽,鸡,禽肉
  • Fowl is not part of a traditional brunch.禽肉不是传统的早午餐的一部分。
  • Since my heart attack,I've eaten more fish and fowl and less red meat.自从我患了心脏病后,我就多吃鱼肉和禽肉,少吃红色肉类。
3 bugs
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误
  • All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞,都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 crustaceans
n.甲壳纲动物(如蟹、龙虾)( crustacean的名词复数 )
  • These crustaceans provide a valuable food source for some fish. 这些甲壳纲动物是某些鱼类重要的食物来源。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. 退潮时,它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。 来自辞典例句
5 thaw
v.(使)融化,(使)变得友善;n.融化,缓和
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
6 remarkably
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
  • I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
  • He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。
7 hardy
adj.勇敢的,果断的,吃苦的;耐寒的
  • The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
  • He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。
8 amphibian
n.两栖动物;水陆两用飞机和车辆
  • The frog is an amphibian,which means it can live on land and in water.青蛙属于两栖动物,也就是说它既能生活在陆地上也能生活在水里。
  • Amphibian is an important specie in ecosystem and has profound meaning in the ecotoxicology evaluation.两栖类是生态系统中的重要物种,并且对环境毒理评价有着深远意义。
9 Celsius
adj.摄氏温度计的,摄氏的
  • The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
  • The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。
10 thawing
n.熔化,融化v.(气候)解冻( thaw的现在分词 );(态度、感情等)缓和;(冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化;软化
  • The ice is thawing. 冰在融化。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • It had been snowing and thawing and the streets were sloppy. 天一直在下雪,雪又一直在融化,街上泥泞不堪。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
学英语单词
Anajatuba
Aniculus
antiquing
antopxidation
aut caesar aut nihil
Ayermycin
Barpeta
be cowed
bites
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
bock beers
boreel
bullnose
butter would not melt in one's mouth
BUTX
cagemate
cardiges
cell wheel feed mechanism
cervicarcin
chew ... over
circle of inertia
common share option scheme
congenital dislocation of the hip
coolidges
counter-etching
cross-holdings
curing condition
cut and strip
denture-blank
derivatises
diverticulum of small intestine
effective-stroke
english speaking contest
enhanced network
farabee
geranium forrestii r. kunth
HEPAXPERT
Hull, Albert Wallace
hypersimplex
intercellular duct
laser interferometer camera
let the sleeping dogs lie
likert-types
logan's line
lying in grant
make yourself comfortable
marriageableness
mathematical power
Medvezhiy, Mys
modulated carrier
multi-boiling system
multiregionalist
myrtuss
naturally factor
nosocomial infections
Nottinghamshire County
oryzaephilus mercator (fauvel)
oxalic gout
Panlaung R.
Parafossarulus striatulus
peanut oil arachis
phagocytes
pitch line differential
polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ether
pour oil on (the) flame(s)
predinner
pseudo-Goldstone bosons
quardrant tiller
quizs
raedar
ray tracing calculation
reardors
recreation heights
redundancy character
reflecting hologram
regitine methanesulfonate
scarify
scutellate
selected papers
sequential storage structure
shaft torque
sharp pulse
shock spark
sieve frame
Sorbitol-6-phosphatase
submarine-plotting board
synoecious
taper files
technical rebound
tetramethyl-succinic acid
theory of switching circuits
time of infection
toadess
tour-boat
upskirted
uranalysis
vict'lar
water-quality constituents
woodhatches
yenilmezs
Yung-ni
zinc finger protein