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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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accentedness
all-metal syringe
anthacyclins
Aur Atoll
bank wound coil
bat-fowlers
beaver loop
Bell integrated optical device
borated ice
cabbageed
call-center
carotene
cell morphology
cerebro-pleural ganglion
comminuted orange drink
compaction shale
cottonelle
Court Commissioner
cryptorchism (or cryptorchidism)
cyanines
czerwinsk nad wisla
d'incecco
Davallia Mariesii
demarcation strip
depression earthquake
desensationalizes
diacanthus
double track skip hoist
EF hand
euploea klugii
failure distribution function
feed ratchet wheel
flangings
fomes laricis murray
fulcrum ring
fully enclosed motor
galvanizingly
generating rolling circle
good deals
group signalling equipment
Haldane R.
harpoon gun
heptacene
hi-fix
highwoods
holty
hucklebacked
ignorancy
inadvertences
island-type
joy juices
kick the shit out of
Le Grau-du-Roi
Lebensmittel
linear mean-square regression line
lining wear
locking piston drive
longwaves
MICTOR
minimum minable thickness
mobile layer
mulligans
N-bromosuccinimide titration
NSC-77073
operator class
order of spectrum
ordinary range
over-confidents
pasta tragacanthae composita
pepe socket
pretiously
procamide
protein solution
Pudāmigaon
radioexamination of materials
Rathlin I.
realisation
red devil maple
salt-losing nephritis
Savile Row
semi-precious metal
sports-clothes
status poll
strength of material
sub-superscript
surface pendant anchor buoy
swallowing
taisce
teeth arms
Thomson meter
thugs
tokios
transphosphorylations
tube end expansion
undimmed
valuation allowance
village council
vision sensor
vitamin V
wacs
wigstrom
yadda