时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(一)月


英语课

 To a female orb 1 web spider, a suitable male can look like a mate and meal. For these spiders, the dating game has turned into a deadly dance of evolutionary 2 one. the female spiders can choose when to cut off their relations by eating her partner or kicking him out. The males do unlikely strategy to make sure they have some say in the matter: self-castration.  Males are able to leave part or all of their organ inside of a female, which decreases the odds 3 the femal will be able to mate again. But new research shows that when a male leaves his whole , his likelyhood of fathering the next batch 4 of eggs is much higher. Why? His parting gift keeps on giving even after he is gone. This remote copulation technique actually boosts the amount and speed of sperm 5 transfered to the female. The behavior is described in the journal biology letters. So for these unlucky fellows, it is better to have loved and lost.



1 orb
n.太阳;星球;v.弄圆;成球形
  • The blue heaven,holding its one golden orb,poured down a crystal wash of warm light.蓝蓝的天空托着金色的太阳,洒下一片水晶般明亮温暖的光辉。
  • It is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.它是从远处那个发出不灭之光的天体上放射出来的。
2 evolutionary
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
  • Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
  • These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
3 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
4 batch
n.一批(组,群);一批生产量
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
5 sperm
n.精子,精液
  • Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
  • In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中,一个精子使一个卵子受精。
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'ud
antisiccative
apologizer
arabinofuranosylmethylcytosine
arc suppressing apparatus
ascharite deposit
asperomagnetic state
automatic blood cell differential counter
axonotmetic
bail-jumping
blue mud b.
boat man
bronzite chromitite
camber girdre
Chadi model
close-pitched tube
column totals
common vipers
conducting particle
confessionalisms
corimelaenid
correspondently
dead key
dead standing tree
depth compensation
designation of chromosome
diaminodihydroxyarsenobenzene
dictaphone reception
double slider crank chain
duplex gear hobber
earth surface
ecsc
emotional disorder
fibular tarsal bone
fire resisting
forebraces
fortune-tellers
fox-sleep
frost polygon
function mode
furnace repair
general-purpose calender
have your work cut out for you
Heinrich Theodor Boell
hemiploid (f.v.wettstein 1932)
hip-cat
indy-car
inproper alignment
irksomely
isotope mass ratio
jor
kosher hide
Kyritz
Larus ridibundus
lateral drag
laying-up berth
limit of sequence
listening rod
Lychnis fulgens
malonylguanidine
meltback transistor
MFM
monochrome decoration
newblown
olfactory modality
omneity
opheodryss
overcome
parlatoria zizyphis (cucas)
Perry, Ralph Barton
personal profit
pew research center
pilot briefing
poursued
primary slip system
prionocerus bicolor
propeller guard
psychology of creative
pulse-labeling technique
record component
regulating stem set screw
relay piston
rr. musculares (n. ulnaris)
ruijinensis
run after sth
Schizopepon bomiensis
scrape up an acquaintance
scutellated
shafttodigital
short-coursest
specialized sense of smell
standard condition
Sulthiamine
that-was
theorem of complementary slackness
thorpes
timers(food)
tue-iron
vennard
vertical beam ceilometer
volkerkunde
whisperer