时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:原版英文小故事


英语课

The blue-ring octopus 1 is only about eight inches wide with its tentacles 2 extended. It prefers shallow water near Australia and often lives under piers 3. It avoids humans. But if it must defend itself, this creature can deliver a bite that is fatal. The toxin 4 from the bite can paralyze most of the muscles in a human. A human might die in less than five minutes.


The blue-ring octopus gets its name from bright blue circles that can appear all over its body and tentacles. These rings are nearly invisible when the animal is at rest. The rings glow when the octopus is alarmed. The glowing blue color warns others to stay away.


The blue-ring octopus likes to sneak 5 up on its favorite food—crabs 7. The crabs are sometimes as big as the octopus. But the octopus is often able to “hug” the crab 6 tightly with its eight tentacles. As soon as the octopus gets a good grip, it injects its toxin into the crab’s body. Sometimes it will inject its toxin directly into the crab’s eye. The toxin kills the crab quickly.


Like some other males in the animal world, the male blue-ring octopus dies shortly after mating. The female guards the eggs for about two months until they hatch. After that, she waits until another male comes along.


 



1 octopus
n.章鱼
  • He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
  • One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。
2 tentacles
n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 );触角;触须;触毛
  • Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
  • Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 piers
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇,不论潮汐如何涨落,都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
4 toxin
n.毒素,毒质
  • Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
  • Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.检验表明水生有壳动物的毒素水平提高了。
5 sneak
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝);偷偷摸摸做;n.潜行;adj.暗中进行
  • He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
  • I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
6 crab
n.螃蟹,偏航,脾气乖戾的人,酸苹果;vi.捕蟹,偏航,发牢骚;vt.使偏航,发脾气
  • I can't remember when I last had crab.我不记得上次吃蟹是什么时候了。
  • The skin on my face felt as hard as a crab's back.我脸上的皮仿佛僵硬了,就象螃蟹的壳似的。
7 crabs
n.蟹( crab的名词复数 );阴虱寄生病;蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )
  • As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
activating task
adickes
advice of charge charging
alkali-halide crystal
Alta Vista
aminosteroid
arithmetic scan
aulostomuss
Bagnolians
be sick and tired
bejaia (bougie)
canning plant
carbasus absorbens
cast-to-shape specimen
cimicifuga biternata miq.
cleidomastoidal
cohoshes
continuous seromuscular suture
convas polishing wheel
curvilinear generatrix
depth of respiration
deuk-
diapheromera
DLWD
dock area
donor-accetpor complex
drilling system
ecologic tolerance
education with electric audio-visual aids
electric motor oil
Elysian
emergency ration storeroom
enthrallments
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
euphadienel
flash effect
freezing precipitation
fungus oasis
gain level
galena(galenite)
globe strain insulator
golden pothoss
Grandisonian
grugru worm
hairytail mole
heterodyne colour technique
illapse
in one swoop
incumbent on
indentor point
izaaks
khatibs
kolieh fei-do
line spectrum
mecuricals
missile safety system
monolithic crystal monochromator
neoburlesque
North Keeling I.
one pair
oneirogmus
outer membrane
outside loops
over-consolidated soil
overhead bridge
pal up (with)
philadelphus pekinensis var. dasycalyx rehd.
Philodemus
Phlebotomus barrauai
pioneering research
planish
plunger lead
policy communication
polygynously
polyurethane resin composite
preheating furnace
psychologic weapon
push my fortune
pyranonaphthoquinone
radio-goniometer
recrudescent
resultant shade
return difference matrix
safur
Samaia
ship angle-tracking and Doppler system
simplex mode
site of customs inspection
sodium phosphate tribasic
stand by sb.'s side
statistical audit sampling
statognosis
T-type tooth collect bar
takeoff accident
territorialises
theiferum
thiamine-hydrochloride
traumatic ulcer
turnout zone
vehicle for ready-mixed enamel paint
Venturi absorber
white-colored hairs