美国科学60秒-SSS 2015-06-09
时间：2019-01-20 作者：英语课 分类：2015年Scientific American(六)月
Chimpanzees.They are much like us, genetically 1 and atomically, and as it turns out, cocktail 2 logically. Because we finally have solid evidence that chims drink alcohol. So say researchers who observed wild chimpanzees throw back fermented 4 tree sap. The findings are served up in Royal Society Journal Open Science. Some biologists think the reason we humans like adult beverages 5 is because our primate 6 ancestors were partial to super-ripe friuts, which are high in calories and often in ethanol. But there is one big problem with this so-called drunken monkey hypothesis. Apes had not really been seen downing alchohol in the wild, that is until now. The researchers who are studying chimps 7 in bars of West Africa. In this region, people tap palm trees and allow the collected sap to ferment 3 in small plastic containers which they cover with leaves to prevent contamination. It turns out, for chimps who hank a houge, the leaves are like the straw and banana deckery. The apes take the leaves, crumple 8 them up, dip them in the sap and then suck them dry. The drinkers were mostly male, shockingly, accounting 9 for thirty-four of the fifty-one balts of boozing observed. And they'd consume a couple of liters of the fermented brew 10 each time they bellied 11 up to the bar, I mean, tree. Whether chimps are simply taking advantages of an easily-acquired calory-rich liquid, or they especially enjoy the sap's sweet flavor, or intoxicating 12 effect, is not known. But the question call for another round of research.
- All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
- Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物
- We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
- At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。
- Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time.果汁若是放置很久，就会发酵。
- The sixties were a time of theological ferment.六十年代是神学上骚动的时代。
- When wine is fermented, it gives off gas. 酒发酵时发出气泡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- His speeches fermented trouble among the workers. 他的演讲在工人中引起骚动。 来自辞典例句
- laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 控制酒类销售的法规
- regulations governing the sale of alcoholic beverages 含酒精饮料的销售管理条例
- 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
- The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
- Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少，也太接近于人类，不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
- And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类，就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
- Take care not to crumple your dress by packing it carelessly.当心不要因收放粗心压纵你的衣服。
- The wall was likely to crumple up at any time.墙随时可能坍掉。
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
- Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
- The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。
- That big-bellied fellow was very cruel and greedy. 那个大腹便便的家伙既贪婪又残恶。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The ship's sails bellied in the wind. 船帆在风中鼓得大大的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Power can be intoxicating. 权力能让人得意忘形。
- On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent. 夏日的傍晚，鲜花散发出醉人的芳香。