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
adenocyte
adquisitiones
agitatest
Akimovka
Aleg
applicazioni
area statica
attached shadow
b-wings
ballon-carried equipment
be lost to all feeling
bill of materials
Blessig's lacunae
bower-birds
brucies
butchered
butt joint with double straps
christopher william bradshaw isherwoods
close-range fading area
coadoptions
complexor impedance
conception date
confertiflora
continental polar air
cordon yarn
cottontail rabbit
cut off point
delivered power at propeller
dentium stridor
devotees
differential mode delay
dottier
dredger pontoon
drying press
East Timor
education for minorities
euphoniously
filling conveyer
free articles under passenger
frost heaving pressure
gas stocks and dies
give sb the glad eye
goorde
greenvale
guarantees
hybrid orbital
hydro-master tester
in process control
Ioppolo
irre
iwans
Juncus cephalostigma
Kaliautunite
kroykonite
landing skids
leak proof container
lentinus strigosus
leukocyle migration theory
lipoid hyperplasia
lucidas
market-oriented journalism
massymore
methescufylline
Michelangelo Buonarroti
N. C. & B.
narcissistic-personality disorder
natural right
nor'westers
obtunder
oncoclasine
opt into
optical pyrometry
Ostia venarum pulmonalium
outer cortex
photographic reconnaissance equipment
precocious megagenitalia
prospasmine
psychoda
red ulcerated eyelid
single-user
sinus bradycardia
small arms sling
Smilax nipponica
space communication system
square edge timber
static routing
stochastic continuity
subsubroutine
sunnyvale
suspectless
syncopist
tabloid journalism
tempatation
the negotiating bank
thelypteris gracilescens
trolley shop
trunk connecting unit
tuberculous nephritis
urelcosis
verminal
vinylene
voltage pulsation