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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
She spun1 her snell with silkglands on the underside of her abdomen2. The threads harden on contact with air. The trap's set, but she's treading carefully. The web's only sticky in places. She can move around, but others can't. The first bite of the day. She injects the victim's body with venom3 which will turn its guts4 to marsh5. Escape seems impossible. Thickness for thickness, silk threads can prove stronger than steel. Spiders aren't the only ones who use silk on the battlefield. Spider silk has been used by the military in telescopic gunsights, range finders, even bombs. It's a brutely effective system. Most spiders can catch and eat up to twice their body weight every day. At the end of the day, she might roll up and eat the web itself as a last protein-filled snack. Until then, it's a nonstop cycle, sitting, waiting, pouncing6, and eating. A spider can eat a fly from the inside out, but there are more bizarre ways to prepare the dead. Under the floor boards, a dead mouse is being prepared by a pair of burying beetles7, undertakers of the natural world.
1 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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2 abdomen | |
n.腹,下腹(胸部到腿部的部分) | |
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3 venom | |
n.毒液,恶毒,痛恨 | |
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4 guts | |
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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5 marsh | |
n.沼泽,湿地 | |
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6 pouncing | |
v.突然袭击( pounce的现在分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击) | |
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7 beetles | |
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 ) | |
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