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
about us
acquiries
alpha-fetoglobulin
alpine hemlock
alternative hypothesis testing
anorexically
asbecasite
assessor
ballistoi (greece)
beave
Calvine
Cancrinia
carbonoid
Carex laxa
Cassai (Kasaï)
cheesepie
chivari
cigarette beetles
clarification of objective
copybacks
create employment
cubic holohedral
curcuma longas
cutter device
declan
design basis accident
detachable wing
developmental malformation
digitus indices
eddy absorption
educational managerialics
empennage left side
employee-information
enterprise income tax
eupiptic
folse
fore stand side
fouling
freight tonnage originated
general operating instruments
get what is coming to one
ginnery
Grace Patricia Kelly
gyuto
heat liberating reaction
herring-bones
high streets
historiaster
howardena
hypothalamic hypophysiotropic area
integrated colo(u)r index
intermediate water layer
isoreagent
Kotton
lagoon scarp
likers
lubricating line
lynn redgrave
medium-voltage line
metrification
morphine hydrochloride
negative catalyzer
order Ustilaginales
overall planning
paraterm
pattern directed retrieval
Petit Loango
pleasure-pain principle
plutonate
pneumatic studio pedestal
power control circuit
property-property value list
propneustic respiratory system
quetzaltenangoes
r ratio
repression(vogel 1957)
Schoolies
sciades changi
scintillometers
screw remover
see sb off
seek-no-further
self-deludings
shallow land burial
shuntography
signalling lamp
sootied
super spectral coating
superaspirins
sympathica meningitis
take a crack
take a stab at
took home
top management team
tyre mark
unshuffle sort
urogynecology
Vasilopoulo
vimoutiers
visus reticulatus
Whitsun week
yisraels