时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(四)月


英语课

 The dengue virus depends on mosquitoes to get around, but the virus may have evolved a way to speed its spread by manipulating the behavior of masquito hosts. It makes them more blood thirsty, to quicker find a blood meal than their uninfected counterparts. So says a study in the Journal Public Library Scince Passages. Researchers compared which genes 1 were active in the cell of Grams when infected and uninfected  mosquitoes. They found the dangue infection flip 2 this switch a hundred and forty seven genes. As expected, some of those were immune genes, the common responsors to infection. But the virus also truned on genes involved in odour detection and blood feeding. It could make a mosquito better at sniffing 3 out hosts and quicker to plunges 4 PBKS in this skin for a snack. Previous studies have shown malaria 5 parasites 6 can change mosquitoes' behavior too, by making it more likely to feed on multiple victims, thus infecting more people. And researchers say we humans may also do the biding 7 of these passengers, when infected, we sweat, and the odour attracts other mosquitoes that feed on us and pick up hit tracking passengers for their next ride.



n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
  • You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因,所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场,就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人,他头冲下跳下山坡去了,像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
n.疟疾
  • He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
  • Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
v.等待,停留( bide的现在分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待;面临
  • He was biding his time. 他正在等待时机。 来自辞典例句
  • Applications:used in carbide alloy, diamond tools, biding admixture, high-temperature alloy, rechargeable cell. 用作硬质合金,磁性材料,金刚石工具,高温合金,可充电池等。 来自互联网
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acetimido
Achnatherum duthiei
acid, amino
adventive embryo
agaroidase
alguita
allocated resource
arsenic diiodide
autosynthetic calls
Baron Snow of Leicester
baronady
battery system
baumgardner
be fast on the draw
bigamous
bioptikon
buysse
capital of Turkey
ceropria schenklingi
conjunctival layer of bulb
conversationed
correspondece theorem
cotton wools
cradle switch
delivery volume
dimethylamines
Dos Passos, John (Roderigo )
drop indicator board
ectopsocus ornatus
electrochemical dimensional machining
elliptic type
exchanging documents of mining survey
faitneant
fiuted roller
flat detachment of retina
flop valve
flunker
fly bomb
freeboard calculation
Godφy
ground-elders
Hachon
half derivative
heliport beacon
high-energy fission
high-resolution mass spectrometry
huie
ignominiousness
immunoserology
independent functions
instability of employment
laboratory proofing
laffed
late barrier
light emitting screen
low pressure bubble
madogs
Marineo
meat loaf form
meimuna goshizana
molar sheath
motor plow
mountain partridges
Nagate-zaki
needle-catching forceps
paleohistopathological
perichorioidal
pharmacy and therapeutics committee
pirages
planispiral
political theories
poor-quality concrete
pot crossing
preadjusts
punch-type
pupiled
quadrumvir
refractionometer
retroillumination
self-sustenance
serotyping
signal extraction
sinless
slip fitting
Sorbus pohuashanensis Hedl.
spitzbergens
sweat bags
tail rope
tectonic lithofacies
theras
thoracogastrodidymus
toilingly
tomatin(e)
transverse chart
twist one's arm
universal burner
unkingdomed
unworkables
vampirizing
with difficulty
zero point vibrations
zoocidal