国家地理-2008-05-05 Vampire Bats 恐怖的吸血蝙蝠
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：国家地理2008年
Here are some happy vampire 1 bats. What's causing all this giddiness? A great, big, fat meal has arrived. You can practically hear these bats going "Oh, boy! Oh, boy!" Better yet, the victim is asleep. This is gonna be like, well, taking blood from a sleeping pig.
The bats have heat sensors 2 in their noses. This thermal 3 process lets us see what the bat sees. The bat wants to feed where the pig's skin glows white hot. Let the dining commence. Like two wildcatters fighting over a fresh oil strike, these bats battle over a particularly rich feeding spot. Four vampire bats, one sleeping pig. Why doesn't the pig wake up? Because the bat's teeth are razor-sharp and cut painlessly. The bats can sip 4 to their hearts' content with the pig none the wiser. The bat's saliva 5 actually prevents the blood from clotting 6. As the bat sips 7, the blood runs up a glue on the underside of its tongue. Mother Nature thinks out everything. These vampire bats can feast for a full half hour, drinking half their weight in blood.
In a month of feedings, five vampire bats can guzzle 8 almost a gallon of pig's blood. In this case, it's the bats making a pig of themselves, not the pig.
1. giddiness: n. 晕眩
feeling slightly sick and unable to balance, because everything seems to be moving
2. thermal: adj
relating to or caused by heat
3. wildcatter: n.
A wildcatter is a person who drills oil wells in areas that are not in advance known to be oil fields.
4. razor-sharp: adj.
as sharp as a razor
5. be none the wiser: idiom
to not be aware of something
6. saliva: n. 唾液
Saliva is the watery 9 liquid that forms in your mouth and helps you to chew and digest food.
7. guzzle: v.
to eat or drink a lot of something, eagerly and quickly - usually showing disapproval 10
8. make a pig of oneself: infml
to eat too much
- It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
- Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。
- There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
- They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
- Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
- She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
- Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
- He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
- Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。
- The study was also based only on the one anti-clotting drug. 所用抗血栓药物也仅限于一种。 来自互联网
- A plasma protein that is converted into thrombin during blood clotting. 凝血原酶一种血浆蛋白质，在血液凝聚时转化成凝血''。'酵'。''''。'素'。''。 来自互联网
- You must administer them slowly, allowing the child to swallow between sips. 你应慢慢给药，使小儿在吸吮之间有充分的时间吞咽。 来自辞典例句
- Emission standards applicable to preexisting stationary sources appear in state implementation plans (SIPs). 在《州实施计划》中出现了固定污染的排放标准。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Melissa had guzzled gin and tonics like they were lemonade.梅利莎像喝柠檬汽水一样大口地喝着加奎宁水的杜松子酒。
- Pigs guzzle their food.猪总是狼吞虎咽地吃东西。
- In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
- Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏，她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
- The teacher made an outward show of disapproval.老师表面上表示不同意。
- They shouted their disapproval.他们喊叫表示反对。