夏说英语新闻晨读 第270期:鼠脑电脑

 本期内容：
Nigerian Oshi Agabi has unveiled a computer based not on silicon¹ but on mice neurons at the TEDGlobal conference in Tanzania. The system has been trained to recognize the smell of explosives and could be used to replace traditional airport security, he said. Eventually the modem-sized device, dubbed² Koniku Kore, could provide the brain for future robots.

Nigreian：尼日利亚的
Silicon：硅片
Tanzania：坦桑尼亚
Explosives：炸药
Modem：拨号器
Dub：别名

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》