时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(五)月


英语课

  Baleen 1 allows the non-toothed whales to strain sea water for the fish and crustacean 2 pray. Alexander Werth of Hampden Sydney College of Virgina avoided a Jonah like journey, and still managed to analyze 3 how baleen works. Two kinds of whales sport baleen. Baleanid whales such as the Bowhead, have long springy plates of the delicate fringe. They filter water continuous. Groove-throated whales such as Humpbacks have dense 4 beleen, that looks like folded accordion 5. They gulp 6 water to feed. For tests, Werth submerged racks of Humpback and Bowhead baleen in a flow tank. Plastic beads 7 represented food. As water streamed by, filaments 8 from neighboring beleen plates naturally twined together and trap the beads. The Bowhead's long fringe, formed the more effective filter, perfect for catching 9 tiny krill. But the humpback baleen still nabs plenty. The study is in the journal of Experimental Biology. If you are going to be a massive carnivore without teeth, evolution has to be specially 10 creative.



1 baleen
n.鲸须
  • Other baleen whales have splash guards too,but not like this.一些须鲸物种头顶也有护住喷水孔的构造,但并不长成这样。
  • Baleen whales often appear in this region. Be careful!这一带经常有须鲸出没,要注意安全啊。
2 crustacean
n.甲壳动物;adj.甲壳纲的
  • Seafood is a valuable lobster crustacean section.名贵海珍品龙虾属甲壳科。
  • The illustrious Cuvier did not perceive that a barnacle was a crustacean.大名鼎鼎的居维叶也未看出藤壶是一种甲壳动物。
3 analyze
vt.分析,解析 (=analyse)
  • We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
  • The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。
4 dense
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
5 accordion
n.手风琴;adj.可折叠的
  • The accordion music in the film isn't very beautiful.这部影片中的手风琴音乐不是很好。
  • The accordion music reminds me of my boyhood.这手风琴的乐声让我回忆起了我的少年时代。
6 gulp
vt.吞咽,大口地吸(气);vi.哽住;n.吞咽
  • She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
  • Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽,要嚼碎了再咽下去。
7 beads
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
8 filaments
n.(电灯泡的)灯丝( filament的名词复数 );丝极;细丝;丝状物
  • Instead, sarcomere shortening occurs when the thin filaments'slide\" by the thick filaments. 此外,肌节的缩短发生于细肌丝沿粗肌丝“滑行”之际。 来自辞典例句
  • Wetting-force data on filaments of any diameter and shape can easily obtained. 各种直径和形状的长丝的润湿力数据是易于测量的。 来自辞典例句
9 catching
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
10 specially
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
学英语单词
Acheulean, Acheulian
aggresomes
alcoholism
almost-linear
anghirol
artificial denture
artistic works
asaron
Austr-
bandpass filters
bending cylinder efficient stroke
bit time counter
bituminous material
bung up and bilge free
butadiene styrenerubber
chondrodendrine
circumventing
commercial variety
complete bus-bar current differential protection
curiously enough
cyclobis
debouchments
Devadatta
direct draft
disk wheel bicycle
diverging lens
East Killingly
enjoyee
ethylidene cyanhydrin
eye-for-an-eye
fast cotton blue
fiber cement
forthcasting
fostler
fryolator
get it in for someone
Glengyle
glutinous foxtail millet
Gomphostemma sulcatum
gonadotropin releasing hormone
Grums
Gymnotiformes
Hydroxy-mercurinitrophenol
janne
Kesteren
khalsah
lazary
le ma?tre
Lithocarpus fordianus
measurement and test
metacognitive
midfrequency
misguess
Mnichovice
MOIC
navicularthritis
network of stringers
non-asymptotic parametric statistics
non-combustion
observerless
oilquenching
Ollier's disease
optical dielectric constant
optimum configuration
oscinella similifrons
paper slew
par-value method
pilea microphyllas
pneumatic starting valve
polarstern
portable screen
Processus muscularis
protective lining
range of working temperature
rumenotomy
Saint Canute
Schnitzler syndrome
seifart
situation therapy
soil nitrogenous pollutant
stand age class organization
steering tie rod
stiked
subprimary setae
tea spoonful
three moment theorem
three-lane
Thrips tobaci
tmao
travelling plastic hinge
tropoelastins
tugboatman
unbenighted
unstorable
ustilic acid
van dyke print
vapor decomposition
wash-fastness
wdha
X-ray interference
xeroderma pigmentosum
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