SSS 2012-08-03
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：Scientific American(八)月
英语课
Humans prefer to associate with other humans who share their subculture. That's why there are needing* clubs and fantacy football leagues. And it turns out that dolpins also form cliques 2.
Researchers found that dolphins known as spongers spend most of their time with other spongers. The study is in the journal Nature Communications.
Spongers are small substance* of dolphins at use marine 3 basket* sponger to hunt for prey 4. The dolphins weared the spongers over their beaks 5 to protect themselves from rocks and broken corals when they are searching for nutrious food on the sea floor.
Sponging is passed down from parents to their young. And because the practice is socially learned. Researchers agreed that spongers are culturally distinct from other dolphins. These findings are consistant with the notion that dolphins form fision fusion 6 societies, where all dolphins in a community belonged to the same larger group, but have specific friends who may spend most of their time with. Of course scientists have yet to find out which dolphin clique 1 is the coolest.
n.朋党派系，小集团
- The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.反动统治集团内部勾心斗角，四分五裂。
- If the renegade clique of that country were in power,it would have meant serious disaster for the people.如果那个国家的叛徒集团一得势，人民就要遭殃。
n.小集团，小圈子，派系( clique的名词复数 )
- All traitorous persons and cliques came to no good end. 所有的叛徒及叛徒集团都没好下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They formed cliques and carried arms expansion and war preparations. 他们拉帮结派，扩军备战。 来自互联网
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨
- Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
- The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
n.鸟嘴( beak的名词复数 )；鹰钩嘴；尖鼻子；掌权者
- Baby cockatoos will have black eyes and soft, almost flexible beaks. 雏鸟凤头鹦鹉黑色的眼睛是柔和的，嘴几乎是灵活的。 来自互联网
- Squid beaks are often found in the stomachs of sperm whales. 经常能在抹香鲸的胃里发现鱿鱼的嘴。 来自互联网