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
Abashev
Acanthonematinae
antenna core
anticholinesterase agent
assennato
berthons
branchiostegidaes
capitalist state
cargo marks
catholiquely
cawte
cis-1, 4-polybutadiene
collegialism
constant phase angle curve
contractarians
cooling cycle
cosmic-ray decay electrons
costodiaphragmitis
curie-point pyrolyzer
daimler-benz
direct bank
diskectomies
drets
drug plant
embryonic circulation
enmity with
epilogises
everywhereness
fire marble
flask gland
flip-flop ring
form view
function-oriented hierarchical model
great St John's wort
high pressure charging pump
Highland wildcat
hypersonic wave
I-shape cursor
iconification
inculcatory
instinct of curiosity
Ishimoto
kaffir
kraft capacitor paper
latch and lock
latrobite
Mahone Bay
mantegar
mcgeorge
metalodevite
miniature broiler
multiperfect number
myrmeleonid
nine iron
nmr imaging
non-burning
nucleus of atom
on-shot exploder
oscillating weight wheel
palatine papillae
pantisocrat
Parnon
part-time teacher
Paul The Deacon
physician's skill
pickup brush
plumridge
population-poverty cycle
presacral vertebra
projection suite
pseudosecrets
punctometer
reinforced button
remote metering
repolished
residue check
right of legal representation
roseboro
rubrocinctus
s.l.a.n.
safety needs
scanning line usable length
scottos
segment of survey
Silbralloy
small and medium - sized enterprise
spectrum of matrix
sulphur ours
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
superhumanising
thighing
training seminar
treatment of combustible waste
trichlorobutyric acid
unadvantageous
user-writtens
vallejos
Veronica morrisonicola
virus inhibition
vitrectomize
wave staff
without contact