时间:2019-01-20 作者:英语课 分类:2014年Scientific American(四)月


英语课

A creature called the Atlantic razor clam 1 has a secret digging in wet sand should be slow and take a lot of effort, but a razor clam can borrow a centmeter per second and go half a kilometer using only about a double battery worthy 2 of energy, this talent intrigued 3 MIT researchers who thought that the robot of that clam would be practically uses, so they study the models they moves, they found that clam first contract their shells that action causes sight fall inward towards the animal, further shell contraction 4 draws water into the mechs about point the water heat as a fluid quick sand the drag on the borrowing clam is dramatically reduced and it starts to really move the process requires pen point timing 5 contraction of digging based on their findings the researchers built a medal mimic 6, its two hands contract and expand and a rog dig into the sand they believe that  energy efficiency of robot clam could anchor autonomous 7 under water vehicle search for mines or lay for water cables scientists discovered their efforts in the journal bioinspiration and bio mimecas rather than climbing up. 



n.蛤,蛤肉
  • Yup!I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers.对呀!我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。
  • The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
adj.好奇的,被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式);激起…的兴趣或好奇心;“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词
  • You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧!
  • He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。
n.缩略词,缩写式,害病
  • The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
  • The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。
n.时间安排,时间选择
  • The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
  • The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。
v.模仿,戏弄;n.模仿他人言行的人
  • A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
  • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
adj.自治的;独立的
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
学英语单词
10base-fp
accusatrix
air oven ageing test
aleke
army deserter
atiyah
back and forths
ball-goers
big hook
black act
book printing
brushwoods
capellas
casing pyl
caudal protrusion
Chagos
clause in a policy
cocci pyogenic
contraceptive for female
core element
corgards
corotron
crab-eater
current limiting automatic circuit breaker
Czarny Dunajec
delbert
dendritic-shaped
density-gradient tube
differentiation of small intestine diseases
dirty play
El Fraile
electric tea pot
engaging and disengaging device
entyloma microsporum
exchange capacity of resin
feedback suppression
flight-lieutenant
flow surge
flywheel arm
foramina incisivum
free size
gazetas
general phonetics
human nutrition
improved goods
indexing transfer
infantile spastic paralysis
infraplacement
intermittent tetanus
jumping
Karǔngnyǒng
knock me out
large-scale condition
lateral pressure difference
lavamisol
LEOC (local emergency operating centre)
low pressure eccentric
lumberg
Malhada
mangano-
mixtura
Nausori
neutral relay with heavy-duty contacts
noise PM jamming
Nymphula
ond
over-flow cargo
Pacific liner
payment aganist documents credit
pee pot
phosphor dot array
plate carrier
pneumatic step positioner
polar vortex index
Portuguese empire
position error signal
pressure flush valve
PRLX
produce exchange
product control
referee for inquiry
Reggane
sea slugs
Seongnam
sheac
single-phase full-wave rectifer circuit
Solberga
squamelliform
state airline
steam tail piece
steering horizontal shaft
street-wise
strepsigonia diluta takamukui
superlattace
technical committee
terminal VOR
underworldling
United Nations Regional Economic Commission
Vela, Cayo La
wall sided ship
wind-direction shaft
yellow flags