【英语时差8,16】五彩蛋
时间：2019-03-06 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
Depending on the species, bird eggs can be any color ranging from chicken’s plain white to a robin’s blue, streaked 1, spotted 2, bright, pale, and anything in between. Today, on a Moment of Science, we take a look at some of the reasons this might be the case. But first, how do eggs get their color? As the egg moves down the female’s oviduct, the tube that connects the ovary to the outside, it squeezes against glands 3 that produce colored pigments 4 that combine to form every color in the egg shell spectrum 5. If the egg is stationary 6 at the time that it comes in contact with these glands, it’ll be spotted. If the egg is in motion, it will be streaked. So why go through all the trouble of producing colored eggs? For many species of birds that nest out in the open, the eggs’ colors help to conceal 7 them by enabling them to blend into the background. Another way that colored eggs come in handy, is that in some species, like murres, individual birds learn to recognize their own particular markings and reject eggs that don’t match. In contrast, birds that nest in cavities, or that start incubating as soon as the egg is laid and consequently don’t need to hide their eggs, tend to lay unmarked white ones. Given all this, how do scientists explain the fact that robin’s eggs are an eye-catching, unmarked blue? Perhaps this enables robins 8 to spot when a parasitic 9 bird tries to add its own eggs to the nest. For some species, this may pose a greater threat than that of nest robbers.
- The children streaked off as fast as they could. 孩子们拔脚飞跑 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- His face was pale and streaked with dirt. 他脸色苍白，脸上有一道道的污痕。 来自辞典例句
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
- The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls. 古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。 来自辞典例句
- The original white lead pigments have oxidized and turned black. 最初的白色铅质颜料氧化后变成了黑色。 来自辞典例句
- This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
- We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
- A stationary object is easy to be aimed at.一个静止不动的物体是容易瞄准的。
- Wait until the bus is stationary before you get off.你要等公共汽车停稳了再下车。
- He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
- He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。
- The robins occupied their former nest. 那些知更鸟占了它们的老窝。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Benjamin Robins then entered the fray with articles and a book. 而后，Benjamin Robins以他的几篇专论和一本书参加争论。 来自辞典例句