时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(四)月


英语课

 The dengue virus depends on mosquitoes to get around, but the virus may have evolved a way to speed its spread by manipulating the behavior of masquito hosts. It makes them more blood thirsty, to quicker find a blood meal than their uninfected counterparts. So says a study in the Journal Public Library Scince Passages. Researchers compared which genes 1 were active in the cell of Grams when infected and uninfected  mosquitoes. They found the dangue infection flip 2 this switch a hundred and forty seven genes. As expected, some of those were immune genes, the common responsors to infection. But the virus also truned on genes involved in odour detection and blood feeding. It could make a mosquito better at sniffing 3 out hosts and quicker to plunges 4 PBKS in this skin for a snack. Previous studies have shown malaria 5 parasites 6 can change mosquitoes' behavior too, by making it more likely to feed on multiple victims, thus infecting more people. And researchers say we humans may also do the biding 7 of these passengers, when infected, we sweat, and the odour attracts other mosquitoes that feed on us and pick up hit tracking passengers for their next ride.



n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
  • You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因,所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
vt.快速翻动;轻抛;轻拍;n.轻抛;adj.轻浮的
  • I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书,看来似乎很有趣。
  • Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气,嗅,闻( sniff的现在分词 );抽鼻子(尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气);抱怨,不以为然地说
  • We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了,一个劲地抽鼻子,打喷嚏。
  • They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了,呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
n.跳进,投入vt.使投入,使插入,使陷入vi.投入,跳进,陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场,就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人,他头冲下跳下山坡去了,像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
n.疟疾
  • He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
  • Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
寄生物( parasite的名词复数 ); 靠他人为生的人; 诸虫
  • These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的,而与寄生虫无关。
  • Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。
v.等待,停留( bide的现在分词 );居住;(过去式用bided)等待;面临
  • He was biding his time. 他正在等待时机。 来自辞典例句
  • Applications:used in carbide alloy, diamond tools, biding admixture, high-temperature alloy, rechargeable cell. 用作硬质合金,磁性材料,金刚石工具,高温合金,可充电池等。 来自互联网
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AB132
absolute rank
air receiver tank
andreaeas
anterior right colic artery
anti-fascisms
Arnica montana
Balanophora
be of sb's mind
belinskii
belled out
Betzigau
boomah
carinate bird
chloroben
civil legal relationship
cobalt pentlandite
complete sets
conning position
context searcher
creeping indigo
Dahurian larch
deep tectonic
delect
deviation from par
device driver
Diplodinium
Djiroutou
dpimer
dysacousis
economic models
education goods and services
end-piled loading
estimation of quality
Esvres
eusternums
extrasacral
filenadol
foudroyants
frequency error
galette silk
gamers
glue-pot
half-passes
have something on one's mind
Hemiboea omeiensis
henneberger
hook state
instantaneous date and day mechanism
instantaneous oevercurrent relay
internal opening
ion exchange resin
Jamaican patties
jeu de paume
July-flowers
knowledge-level decision making
marine farm
miltiadess
minor node
mystery ship
nandimba
navigable water level
neverlin
nonpizza
nonterminal node
on-line query
ouster clauses
percent of the fulfillment of a plan
petajoules
pilot's cabin
pitch of holes in pattern
plicae vesicouterina
porcelain teeth
proofed sleeve
qv-
ravitz
refusal of goods
reseparated
rhenium oxide
rotary clothes-drier
rotor speed
sectiones medull? spinalis
setenvironments
shepherding
simultaneous strike
soken
sonic thermometer
stability under transport condition
stigmatised
supraclavicular region
swot up on
talent-spottings
teen-sex
think aloud protocol
through transportation of land and water
Tomiyama
triasine dyes
trochid
unclean water
us fiscal cliff
vectolite
verse lines