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
accelerated at growing rate
air superiority fighter
asynchronous concurrent event
Ava Gardner
avares
back order memo
baigent
banked secondary
carry a load of debt
Choanotaenia
clerodendrum calamitosum
clivia nobilis lindl.
column count
conditioning theory
contract transport
control variable of program
crab slewing mechanism
crepe embossing
did away with
double curved line
dressing gowns
dropoffs
effective humidity
electric-field
emolumentary
eosinophilic adenoma
Eriocheir sinensis
ethylethanolamine
exoccipital
eye-rubbing
flat skin
fucosterol
full wave power supply
fusible covering
geophysics of Mars
Godfrey's cordial
herba veratri nigri
horizontal maxilla fracture
intra-class correlation coefficient
jujuba
kataphalanx
keifs
kroehnkite
lemanek
Lobelia doniana
magnetic belt separator
marverer
metal corrugated plate
methopterin
minimum size
momsers
monopoly behavior experiments
mushroom head screw
narrow fire box
nice money
night-ravens
no-doc
no-fire current
nonterminal alphabet
orkney is. (orkneys)
Orobanche solmsii
palmpressing
part of speech
periguloside
peripheral chamber
Phentanyl
pokals
political spheres
polymethyl methacrylate resin
private branch exchange (pbx)
proartacris taiwanensis
protrude
quadratic reciprocity
rate of productivity
relinquishes
rice transplanter
RNA
rotor control assembly
rowlet
Salling Sd.
siderometer
spear point
St-Pierreville
stomatomenia
subsidiary documents
take delivery of the goods
talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen
telecommunication services
telocentrics
terrace ridge afforestation
threshing performance
transformer oilproof board
truncus arteriosis
Uc Son
uniplanar flow
variable longshore current
variable name
Viburnum prunifolium
vindicativeness
viprostol
wetted contour
wiandt