时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


英语课

 That'true. monarch 1 butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed plants.The caterpillars 2 feed on milkweed, from which they extract substances called cardenolides, a type of chemical that can cause heart arrhythmia. This toxin 3 doesn’t affect the caterpillars themselves, but it makes them poisonous or distasteful to most predators 4.But it’s not just monarchs 5 that like milkweed, scientists are discovering new uses for many parts of this perennial 6 plant that grows along roadsides and fields. The large seed pods contain thousands of seeds, each with a feather white tuft of silky fibers 8. These fibers help the seeds disperse 9 in the wind.It turns out that these milkweed fibers are excellent insulation 10, superior even to down feathers. One company has started marketing 11 milkweed fiber 7 as hypoallergenic filler for comforters and pillows.Chemists at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization 12 Research have also discovered that the seed pulp 13 left after the fibers are removed can be used to kill destructive soil nematodes and other agricultural pests.Yet another study found that milkweed oil is high in vitamin E, and is free from the toxins 14 found in other parts of the plant. The oil from milkweed can make an ideal ingredient for moisturizers, cosmetics 15 or even biodiesel fuel.


 

1 monarch
n.帝王,君主,最高统治者
  • The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
  • I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。
2 caterpillars
n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 );履带
  • Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
  • Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句
3 toxin
n.毒素,毒质
  • Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
  • Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。
4 predators
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 );奴役他人者(尤指在财务或性关系方面)
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 monarchs
君主,帝王( monarch的名词复数 )
  • Monarchs ruled England for centuries. 世袭君主统治英格兰有许多世纪。
  • Serving six monarchs of his native Great Britain, he has served all men's freedom and dignity. 他在大不列颠本国为六位君王服务,也为全人类的自由和尊严服务。 来自演讲部分
6 perennial
adj.终年的;长久的
  • I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.我对她青春常驻感到惊讶。
  • There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
7 fiber
n.纤维,纤维质
  • The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
  • The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。
8 fibers
光纤( fiber的名词复数 ); (织物的)质地; 纤维,纤维物质
  • Thesolution of collagen-PVA was wet spined with the sodium sulfate as coagulant and collagen-PVA composite fibers were prepared. 在此基础上,以硫酸钠为凝固剂,对胶原-PVA共混溶液进行湿法纺丝,制备了胶原-PVA复合纤维。
  • Sympathetic fibers are distributed to all regions of the heart. 交感神经纤维分布于心脏的所有部分。
9 disperse
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
10 insulation
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
11 marketing
n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西
  • They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
  • He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。
12 utilization
n.利用,效用
  • Computer has found an increasingly wide utilization in all fields.电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域得到应用。
  • Modern forms of agricultural utilization,have completely refuted this assumption.现代农业利用形式,完全驳倒了这种想象。
13 pulp
n.果肉,纸浆;v.化成纸浆,除去...果肉,制成纸浆
  • The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
  • The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。
14 toxins
n.毒素( toxin的名词复数 )
  • The seas have been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial toxins. 海洋成了各种有毒工业废料的大容器。
  • Most toxins are naturally excreted from the body. 大部分毒素被自然排出体外。 来自《简明英汉词典》
15 cosmetics
n.化妆品
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
学英语单词
air supported gyroscope
alternate sector ID
anaerobic muscles
at-sea
augsburger
backlying
Ban Khok Khli
being on
Beni-Ahsen
bipolar approach
built-up connection
burn dressing
Cefonadol
checking her out
chetwynds
clinal
color and lustre of nail bed
community dynamics
counter-subject
counterselection
day-patients
deciare
deleterious
duplex furnace
ebisu mai (japan)
ecologically friendly
elaboration of alternatives
european market
fixed phase relationship
Great Plains of North America
gross profits
ground identification of satellite
hairy darling pea
heerabomyrrhol
hot-strip reels
houston ballet
indulgingly
infrared-guided missile
injection pump drive gear
Ka, R.
karidium
kifi
kinesipathists
Kokomo
Kulata
Lake Placid
level difference between L and R signals
light in hand
Los Planes
lymphatic valve
magnetic quadrupole lens
men-of-all-work
mikvahs
multi-layer producer
mycerin
natal dispersal
neurolaw
office document processing system
one-legged
pan-Serbism
polar biased relay
pressure guard
pruritus of ear
psyker
pubol
quadruple-length register
quality-mind
quarry blast
reel to reel recorder
relative addressing instruction
resubstituted
retroposed
rosenfelt
saffe
Santa Rosa, R.
save errors
settlement institution
sharptoothed
slivings
socio-technical system school
sodium acid arsenate
solid state chemistry of energy storage
source distribution
spring edge
squoze
st of final state
stocker-fired boiler
strike a balance
sultana wine
teleferic
through-handling
tumbeler
tussiculation
U-shaped
uranias
variablesof perceived colour
volodimir
Wegner's granulomatosis
wet arc over
what a lovely day
whiteleg
wolfsbergite (chalcostibite)