英语听力：2013-06-30 《恐龙的战争》3 顽强防御—7
时间：2019-01-23 作者：英语课 分类：探索与发现2013年
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… just probably you stay stinking 1 machine walking its way to the forest.
Digesting plant fiber 2 is the hardest job. In the eco-system an Ankylosaurus tackle that job, which is why it needed that enormous bulk, gigantic stomach and some divided intestines 3. And that means you are slow, you are very slow. And you have to feed 12, 15, 18 hours a day. And you’re vulnerable for most of the day and therefore you have to have static armor.
Small and low-slung, this vegetarian 4 can not only survive a T-Rex attack, but sometimes it can even defeat one. Its first line of defense 5 is a tank-like body.
Its primary form of defending itself might be hunkering down onto the ground, letting its armored body protect from the teeth and the claws of the Tyrannosaurus.
Ankylosaurus’ specialized 6 armor is designed to be strong and lightweight. Skeletal plates embedded 7 in the skin are aligned 8 in even rows down the neck, back and hips 9. Spaces between the plates allow this balky creature to move freely. While similar to scales found on today’s crocodiles or alligators 10, the way these plates are constructed makes them much tougher.
Ankylosaurus has not one, not two, but three layers of armor. And the head is so protected by thick bone that not even an adult female T-Rex could inflict 11 a killing 12 bite.
The plates are totally unlike the bones of mammals. They are made of crisscrossing layers of minerals and collagen—fibers made of protein that strengthen bone the way steel rods reinforce concrete. It’s a design used today in bulletproof jackets.
adj.臭的，烂醉的，讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透
- I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。
- Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us. 是的！就是那些该死的蠢猪似的臭飞船！是它们毁了我们。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻
n.纤维，纤维质
- The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
- The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。
n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )
- Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
- The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句
n.素食者；adj.素食的
- She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
- I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adj.专门的，专业化的
- There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
- These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。
a.扎牢的
- an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
- He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。
abbr.high impact polystyrene 高冲击强度聚苯乙烯，耐冲性聚苯乙烯n.臀部( hip的名词复数 )；[建筑学]屋脊；臀围（尺寸）；臀部…的
- She stood with her hands on her hips. 她双手叉腰站着。
- They wiggled their hips to the sound of pop music. 他们随着流行音乐的声音摇晃着臀部。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )
- Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
- In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句
vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担
- Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
- Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。