时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(六)月


英语课

   Flawless pearls are among the most symmetrical spheres biological organs. But do they get so round? Turns out they turn. Pearls and mollusks such as oysters 2 create so-called pearls acs around intrusive 3 pieces of grit 4. The sac coat the yelten with the layer smooth biker also known as mother of pearls. The growing pearls rotate itself which allows the biker to deposit even they over its surface.By examining pearls under influences and scanning electronic microscope, researcher discovered that the surface actually has soft tooth texture 5. As the mollusk 1 moves, the pearls flaw so to the next tiny tooth. The works is published in the Journal Lanier. A pearl' motion influences its niker coverage 6 and not its finally shape. Depending on its surface pattern, it might turn in a single direction to create a drop or ring, or rotate more freely to form sphere, if defect prevents this motion, the final product will be shapeless. The resulting asymmetrical 7 pearls is doomed 8 to be booed.



1 mollusk
n.软体动物
  • I swear I have never seen such a mollusk with thorns all over its body.我敢发誓我从来没有见过这种全身长满棘刺的软体动物。
  • The colour varies with the mollusk and its environment.颜色因母体及其环境的不同而异。
2 oysters
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
  • We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
  • She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
3 intrusive
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
4 grit
n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关
  • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
  • I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
5 texture
n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
6 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
7 asymmetrical
adj.不均匀的,不对称的
  • Most people's faces are asymmetrical.多数人的脸并不对称。
  • Folds may be gentle and symmetrical,or sharp and asymmetrical.褶皱可以是平缓而对称的,也可以是陡峭而非对称的。
8 doomed
命定的
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
学英语单词
accretional prism
Al Muthanná, Liwā'
anadelin
ancillary construction contract
appetite control
ascorbin stearate
asexualisation
ball float type trap
beaker method (mechanical analysis)
boron-dopped layer
bronchovesicular breath sounds
Bryopsidaceae
capping machine
chaplet area
choice of language
chopped meat
cold-pressed and sintered bronze
commensal
cornua of saphenous opening
dangerous
Dano-
departure tax
dining car
dogmatizing
dovey
Drypetes congestiflora
endothermic reduction
extra traction
family mniaceaes
field conditions
filament-activity test
first council of constantinoples
full-well
Ghod
Glencore
grief-worn
grounded transmitting wire
gustavson
hydromotor
Ilex fukienensis
ilexanthine
initial approach altitude
initial value theorem
insurance on goods
interstellar matter
irrational number
Irvine phosphorus procedure
Kexiu
kinetic energy rejection
LL. B
loosely coupled system
loureirii
love delusion
low speed gear
low-contrast edge
matching key on propeller shaft
message exposure
Morawica
Najrān, Wādī
nawrocki
nefelina (nepheline)
nepheline andesite
pass for genuine
Pell grants
peromelus
Phellavin
phoma seasami saw.
picture field
Piper nignun L.
price range
primal-dual method
proximity exposure method
rate-of-change protection
rombowline
sabbaton
self-titled
semicontinuous wirerod mill
simply supported edge
single layer bit
special trade passenger ship
striatobalanus amaryllis
suberyl arginine
take the bent
taking-up finger
tea-chest
theravadan
thermoplastic decoration
toilinet
tracking camera
trichechus manatus linnaeus
tripinnatifid
troitsky
tumeric (test) paper
twin-size bed
unremarkably
visible light sensor
wanted in
weds
work screen
work-roles
xenolecticity
zealotical