时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(三)月


英语课

   Unless you are a convention, speaking middle English is not going to impress a potential romantic partner in 2013. Similarly, male sparrows have to make sure their vocalization is up to date. Researchers analyze 1 three decades of recordings 2 of male sparrows. And birds change their tune 3 over the ears did better with the ladies. The researcher's in the journal animal behavior. While introductory notes of the sparrow's songs did better with the ladies, the middle and end part changed over time. In the 1980’s, songs concluded with longer, high-pitched trills. More recent songs contain serials 4 of clicks in the middle and short low-pitched trill at the end. Researchers found that the male sparrows that adopted the newer songs have higher rates of sexual reproduction. Because you don't want to be seen as behind the times.  Indeed, Ch~~ might have had his pick of the ladies in the 14th century. But few today can make heads or tails of his tales.



vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
n.连载小说,电视连续剧( serial的名词复数 )
  • The computer can alter the serials librarian and produce a bindery notice. 计算机可提醒管理连续出版物的馆员,并制作装订通知。 来自辞典例句
  • I realized I have started to like a few of their serials. 我意识到我已开始喜欢上了不少他们的连续剧。 来自互联网
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acetodexamide
acoustic sensory maculae
adaptive control strategy
Aflao
air entrained mortar
Al Qalīb
alkali starch
ambiguous symbol
aneurysm of middle meningeal artery
Banda, Laut
boshoff
business insolvency
card lever strip
cash-limiteds
castellums
chest lead
cocurrent extraction
come out in installments
compensated price change
concentrated whey
corridor train
cotvalue
Darrow, Clarence
data driven
Denver system
dermatoglyphs
desmocollins
dibaba
discharge casing
double-tracks
ear mark
eogaea
ergospheres
expected behavior
extra allowances for living expenses
fall to one's knees
false economy
fashioned steel
FDBMS
feeding multiread
Gemas
generalizabilities
granulocytosis
graphite pebble
Grenville orogeny
grindstone swarf
haemacyanin
Heberden's arthritis
heptalenyl
holographic fiber
hydrangea scandens maxim.
imperious act
infirmited
inner-cased
interpersonal correlation
islamic party of turkestans
Ivan IV
keep the ball up
Kharagdiha
kidnappable
kilohertz
korors
lacuna skull
lolley needle
longitudinal moment
lottery sampling
magnesium fluoride
make one's move
maximize profit
microwave heliograph
multi-station toolholder
network social psychology
North Cowden
nucleosomecore
nusle
oil of wintergreen
parameter method
pass with flying colors
pilot balloon theodolite
prehensile tail
provirus theory
puttoes
rank poison
receipt time
receive cell
root convergence
safety supervision of traffic
saull
Saussurea wardii
say grace
sinus ganglia
sleake
spiral worm gear
steamingly
superconducting glassy state
toll telephone switching system
transformation of nature
Udhampur District
waywardnesses
WBPSR
wordbreak
Zaydites