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
abscission period
accessory minerals
actor-rapper
adelmen
affidavit of document
aminoaldohexose
arthur range
audio piloting
azoic disperse dye
Barbra Streisand
beta cell
body process
breth
Broders' index
bruge
bulbophyllum kuanwuense
Calonat
carry-over point
closing net
cock pocket
cold molding compound
consistent unit
correlation flowmeter
Cowper's fluid
crankcase oil additive
crymophylactic
cumuliform (cloud)
curkle
deathnium centre
dermatomycosis achorina
duodenas
ectoplacental
elaeagnus henryi arb.
etersalate
family Hostaceae
fickian diffusion equation
field-control bar
fixed elevation
galiantine
gas-making log book
Gentiana zekuensis
hack drivers
handworkers
heterotrophia
heterotrophies
in-ex
inhibitory substance
insect sterile control
internal register
iraf
kainates
khaphs
local wholesale market
mathematic example
Maunalua Bay
menadione
merten
microheight gauge
mirids
modified nucleoside
monothiohemiacetal
Mullardoch, Loch
nonphilosophically
nuclear-energies
overdamping
own share
phatness
pico-dosimetry
pioneered
pmet
poniard
potato diseases
primeless
processus costarius vertebr? lumbalis
pull someone over
purblindness
Ramphal
rocket-pack
running centre
sandcalcite
short-path signal
signal transfer function
silicon diiodide
sinnowe
Society of Friends
specific amplified polymorphism
spun fiber
structure of worked metal
supremum
tank heating line
tarsale
tea stalk separator
temperature mutant
the reasons
TI-RPC
transverse wave
upper semicontinuity
upspearing
Uriah
wanglie
water environment protection
zero-order correlation coefficient