时差N小时 昆虫的世界(上)

 

Have you ever walked into a swarm¹ of insects—gnats, mosquitoes, or one of their many cousins–and then found yourself unable to shake the swarm? You fake left, go right, but the little buggers still hover³ above. As if it that weren’t bad enough, did you know your head had just become the happening scene, where every hip⁴ gnat² wants to be–in other words, the insect world’s equivalent of a singles' bar? That’s right, swarms⁵ are places for the sexes to meet and greet. The first time an entomologist reported the purpose of swarms was in 1906. Frederick Knab wrote that he’d netted 901 mosquitoes from a swarm, but only 4 were females!

你曾走进过昆虫的世界吗？——飞虫，蚊子，或他们的表兄弟——然后发现自己无法撼动这群昆虫？你假装离开，向右走，但小昆虫们仍然徘徊在上面。看还来这还不够糟糕，你知道你头上所发生的场景吗？那已经成为小飞虫想前往的地方。换句话说，昆虫群相当于一个单身盘对酒吧？说对了，昆虫群正是雌、雄昆虫相见和问候的地方。昆虫学家首次报道了昆虫聚集成群的目的是在1906年。Frederick Knab写道，他从飞虫群中捕捉了901只蚊子，但只有4只是雌性的！

1 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

2 gnat   

v.对小事斤斤计较，琐事

参考例句：

• Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.小事拘谨，大事糊涂。
• He's always straining at a gnat.他总是对小事很拘谨。

3 hover   

vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫

参考例句：

• You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
• A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 swarms   

蜂群，一大群( swarm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They came to town in swarms. 他们蜂拥来到城里。
• On June the first there were swarms of children playing in the park. 6月1日那一天，这个公园里有一群群的孩子玩耍。