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
absolute scattering power
affective development
antiferroelectricity
argentatus
art restoration
AU(L)ANTIGEN
b.c.g.a(british cotton growing association)
balance economy
basic security mechanism
Batote
be aimed at
be answerable for sth
bell brass
bituminous macadam
blinned
blooper's syndrome
bone-top
Burillon
carrying capacity of station
ceepryn
cricoarytenoid
cross slide tool box
Deori
depth of quenching
diagnostic processor
Doppler bloodflow meter
dressing up
false relative motion
first level message member
for retention
Gironde, Dép.de la
Gleisdorf
Godolphin, Sidney 1st Earl of
head hold
heat check resistance
higher order predicate
hobbes
hootest
hunter sausage
hypercompetitive
hypervalent atom
knock indication instrument
Kolyvanskiy Rayon
lamp shells
lullingstone
Magora
Maxiflor
mcg
meet face to face
mesotriaene
miaskitic
millivolt pe meter
misportrayed
multiplicand string
neutralizing treatment
nom de clavier
non sliding vane pump
non-plateds
nonoxidative
nonpoliticized
nontime
nussey
olot
outer nuclera layer
parveens
pawne
phonosensitive
pine-beauty
pinocytic vesicle
pitpans
plain tube carburetor
porphyrotope
product engineering department
propanediol
property-ownings
psychoculturally
Pyrausta
racomitrium canescens
radices posteriornervorum spinalium
re-enamour
redundance check
sampling by design
screen-savers
secondary central market
side elevator
stethopolyscope
stress-inducing factor
strikeovers
subject to discipline
technical co-operation committee
terminal
theory of errors of observation
trace mineral supplement
traitorous
transmitter coil
two-step footstool
Ventriculocholecystostomy
wagenaar
white paint
William Henry Hudson
zamindari, zamindary