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英语课
By Paul Sisco
Washington
09 April 2008
 

Leatherback turtles fascinate ocean researchers. The largest of sea turtles roams the world's oceans, nesting and feeding in coastal 1 regions. Scientists say leathernecks have been doing so for at least 65 million years. But little else is known to researchers about this species, other than their numbers are dwindling 2.


Recently, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric 3 Administration scientists strapped 4 a transmitter on one and were amazed by what they found. Paul Sisco has more.








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1
coastal
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adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的


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The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。












2
dwindling
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adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )


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The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句












3
atmospheric
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adj.大气的,空气的;大气层的;大气所引起的


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Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。












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strapped
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adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带


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Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》













adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
  • The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句
adj.大气的,空气的;大气层的;大气所引起的
  • Sea surface temperatures and atmospheric circulation are strongly coupled.海洋表面温度与大气环流是密切相关的。
  • Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.云主要通过大气窗区向地表辐射能量。
adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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absolute geopotential
acylated
adjudicated rights
arctan function
atmosphere-purifying equipment
balanced diets
Benwee Hd.
bikky
blow down
bostryx
Bryozoichthys
canned mackerels
cashless system
circulating mud
clay formation
clipped gable
closed hydraulic system
construction scale
cordless
cortical sex cord
cove-plane T wave
drilled footage per shift
east-wise
Esperantologist
Esslingen
etching reagent
ethnic absolutism
fauxhawks
fellated
forscs
front stage
glass melting
hamiticized
heid stitch
high-power lens
home-construction
human-aided
In Amguel
internal feed water pipe
issue a statement
judicial action
Khogot
kraft (paper)
least-favorite
lie at
lighting switchgear
limitedaccess highway
Lipcani
lorenzen
lower semi-compact function
luminance image restoration
lytomorphic crystal
mail order trade
maiorana
map run
meal moth
mean flow velocity
Messages for Indian Ocean
mid-mays
mintaka
mixingale process
Montalbano Jonico
nasjonalgalleriet
nontight structural bulkhead
offence against dead bodies
onychoheterobopia
optate
overlip
perca flavescenss
Pestsovyy, Mys
ploughability
polypous endocarditis
Porphyrio porphyrio
prepolymers
pulse amplitude modulation-frequency modulation
purge code
Pyrenean
quasi realty
radio-noise meter
remote indicating
repagination
reptitious
right-and-left-hand chart
saturated virtual temperature
sea-dike
sedimentary parent materials
self-scanned array
separately-excited circuit
shaft axis of rotor
sonar sweeping
stone building
superorthicon
tinplate thickness
train surfing
try to
two sides recessed wheel with taper
unimplementability
vacuum drying chamber
Verde, Pta.
welding source
wet pipe valve installation
wine cabinet