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20 生物―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 temporary relationship, benefits the passenger species and causes little or no harm to the species doing the transporting. 译 寄载现象是一种暂时的关系，对“搭车”的物种有利，对负责运送的物种几乎没有危害。12 physical characteristic 义 物理特性，身体特征 例 Another physical characteristic that some Arctic animals share is having smaller bodies and smaller, shorter body parts. 译 一些北极动物共有的另一个身体特征是身体更小，身体部位更小更短。13 physically active 义 身体活跃 例 Because dormant animals are not physically active, they have little need for nourishment. 译 因为冬眠的动物身体不活动，它们几乎很少需要营养。14 plankton 义 n. 浮游生物 例 Now, this highly-developed sense of smell is especially important because the fulmar’s main source of food, plankton, are tiny organisms that are hard to see, but they give off a very sharp, distinctive odor, so when fulmars are flying around looking for food, they may not be able to see them, but they can find the plankton by smelling them even from far away. 译 现在，这种发达的嗅觉尤为重要，因为管鼻藿主要的食物来源是浮游生物，而浮游生物是很难看到的微小生物，但它们会发出一种非 常刺鼻、独特的气味。所以当管鼻藿四处寻找食物时，它们可能无 法看到浮游生物，但即使在很远的地方，它们也能通过嗅觉找到浮 游生物。15 porcupine 义 n. 豪猪，箭猪 例 In case you haven’t seen a porcupine recently, just imagine an animal with a small body that is covered with thousands of long sharp needle-like quills. 译 如果你*近没见过豪猪，那就想象一下这种动物吧，它的身体很小，上面覆盖着成千上万根长长的针一样的尖刺。