夏说英语新闻晨读 第332期:2亿年前的蛾子

 本期内容：

Newly discovered fossils show that moths¹ and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists found fossilized butterfly scales the size of a speck² of dust inside ancient rock from Germany. Butterflies and moths are fragile creatures, meaning fossil evidence is rare.
Researchers say they can learn more about the conservation of butterflies and moths by studying their early evolution.

fossil: 化石
moth: 蛾子
scale: 翅瓣
speck: 一点
fragile: 脆弱的
conservation: 保护
evolution: 演变

 

 

1 moths   

n.蛾( moth的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The moths have eaten holes in my wool coat. 蛀虫将我的羊毛衫蛀蚀了几个小洞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The moths tapped and blurred at the window screen. 飞蛾在窗帘上跳来跳去，弄上了许多污点。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。