20 生物?D动物Ⅲ
1 ostrich 义 n. 鸵鸟
例 Ostriches are big, heavy flightless birds.
译 鸵鸟是一种又大又重、不会飞的鸟。
2 overrun 义 n. 泛滥成灾 v. 超过,侵占,泛滥
例 So, by protecting the seaweed from being overrun and damaged
by other plants, the damselfish always have a supply of food ready to use.
译 因此,通过保护海藻不被其他植物侵占和破坏,小热带鱼总是有现成的食物供应。
3 oxygen 义 n. 氧,氧气
例 So from the water it stores in these special gills, the mud skipper can get the oxygen it needs.
译 所以从它储存在这些特殊鳃里的水中,跳跳鱼可以获得它需要的氧气。
4 panther 义 n. 黑豹,美洲豹
例 Marketing researchers have shown, well to be specific, let’s say there’s a billboard on the highway advertising, uh, a car called the Panther.
译 市场研究人员已经表明,具体来说,假设高速公路上有一个广告牌,广告上有一辆叫黑豹的汽车。
5 parent animal 义 亲本动物
例 However, if an attempt to breed at a particular site does not produce offspring that survive, the parent animals learn not to reuse that site in the future.
译 然而,如果在一个特定地点繁殖的尝试不能产生存活下来的后代,
亲本动物就会学会将来不再重复使用那个地点。
6 parrot 义 n. 鹦鹉
例 Now, the great green macaw is a beautiful bird, a fairly large-sized parrot known for its colorful feathers, gorgeous green feathers with some red and blue feathers, too.
译 现在,大绿金刚鹦鹉是一种美丽的鸟。它是一种相当大的鹦鹉,以其多彩的羽毛而闻名,华丽的绿色羽毛,还有一些红色和蓝色的羽
毛。
7 peanut bug 义 花生虫
例 There’s a large tropical insect called the peanut bug.
译 有一种大型热带昆虫叫花生虫。
8 peck up 义 啄起
例 And again the chickens peck up the soil and eat the weeds.
译 又一次,小鸡啄起泥土,吃掉杂草。
9 penguin 义 n. 企鹅
例 Take penguins, for example, over time their wings have become very flat and very thin and very wide, perfect for propelling them forward through the water when they’re foraging for food.
译 以企鹅为例,随着时间的推移,它们的翅膀变得非常平、薄、宽,
非常适合在觅食时推动它们在水中前进。
10 persist 义 v. 坚持
例 A function that doesn’t really benefit in organism may persist for a little while but it never persists for hundreds of millions of years.
译 一个对生物体没有真正好处的功能可能只持续一段时间,它永远不会持续数亿年。
11 phoresy 义 n. 寄载现象,携播
例 Phoresy, which is a