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》
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backward conditional probability
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be across to sb
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bittersweets
boerhaave
brantly
brick works
cam gecidi
carboloy monoxide
channeling radiation
chinni
civilian goods
cold-roll
compiler los alamos scientific laboratories
concertize
conspictious
Crotto
deduct
Densborn
earfuls
electro chemistry
elottery
ethnoornithology
expensed
fan blade (flade)
Ferdows
frame planer
gene signature
genus monotropas
geography paper
grid tray
lawrence peter berras
Marifjφra
marking variable
Menzel Temime
metallogenetic
metapleura
minimize the maximum resources required
modified paper
monowhite
most recent association
nauru(pleasant i.)
nolt
nonagueous
not entirely
oath of allegiance
odo(u)r intensity
on my own initiative
one's strong suit
participant-observation
passive memory
past paper
patrollings
Pemba Island
Phan Chau Trinh
plant demineralized water hose station
Post-Party Depression
pottia truncatula(wdb.et mohr.)lindb.
puaplane
Querpon
reachable forest
red calcareous soil
red trillium
rod reading
routine monitoring
schenkels
schrenkers
see fair play
send cell
show a resemblance to
signiorship
similary
social anxiety
Soutine, Chaim
speakless
spray electrification
stepping downs
strumbox
subsidiary engine
superenergized
synthetic rice
temperature susceplibility
to hell and back
transference of tendon palmaris longus
treunt
trimetaphan camphorsulfonate
trpf
truncus sympathicus
tutorest
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