音标:[slɔ:θs] ;
n. 懒散( sloth的复数形式 ); 懒惰; <动>树獭; (经济)停滞。
n. a disinclination to work or exert yourself
n. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
n. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

[00:01.18]Pack of whiskers? Pack of noses? 一群胡须?一群鼻子? [00:03.64]- Pachyderm? - Pack of lies. - 呃厚皮动物? - 一群谎言! [00:06.01]Pack of troubles. Pack a wallop. Pack of birds. 一群麻烦!一群打手!呃,一群

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(387) / 评论(0) 分类 听电影学英语-冰河世纪

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Today, there is a group of larger visitors here, too. A herd of mastodons led by the matriarch have just returned from their annual migration hundreds of miles to the north. Now the winter drought is over and the spring water has been topped up by re

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It's likely giant ground sloths used their claws in a similiar way to hook branches and pull them within reach. Like tree sloths, they were vegetarians and probably not fussy about what they ate, chewing their way through leaves, fruits, twigs and al

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Queen Elizabeth II April the 21st marks the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. She is one of the most famous women in the world but how much do you know about the British monarch ? Did you know, for example, that the Queen is the 15th richest woma

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Visitors to the Amazon rain forest in South America face different rules for how they can interact with wild animals. A new report issued by the animal rights group World Animal Protection says that animals suffer when they are kept in captivity so t

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. It will just take a minute. Picture a sloth and what do you see? Some slow-moving, hairy beasts just hanging around, maybe even catching some Zs, and thats just your husband. OK, ser

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Lucy Cooke is the founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society. Their motto - being fast is overrated. Of course, that's not her only claim to fame. Cooke is an Oxford-trained zoologist and an award-winning documentary filmmak

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Science and technology. 科技。 Global health. 全球健康。 One potato, two potato, three potato. 一个懒汉,两个懒汉,三个懒汉。 An effort to count the world's sloths. 来数一数世界上的懒汉。 A PAPER in the Lancet, shame

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The sloth in Disney's latest animated hit, Zootopia, has become a social media sensation in China. 近日,迪士尼公司最新动画电影《疯狂动物城》中的树懒已经在中国社交媒体上引起了轰动。 As of Wednesday, Zootopia h

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Science and technology 科学技术 Global health 全球健康 One potato, two potato, three potato 一个懒汉,两个懒汉,三个懒汉 An effort to count the world's sloths 来数一数世界上的懒汉 A PAPER in the Lancet, shamelessly tim

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Science and technology 科学技术 Global health 全球健康 One potato, two potato, three potato 一个懒汉,两个懒汉,三个懒汉 An effort to count the world's sloths 来数一数世界上的懒汉 2_副本.jpgA PAPER in the Lancet, sha

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