时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(六)月


英语课

   Flawless pearls are among the most symmetrical spheres biological organs. But do they get so round? Turns out they turn. Pearls and mollusks such as oysters 2 create so-called pearls acs around intrusive 3 pieces of grit 4. The sac coat the yelten with the layer smooth biker also known as mother of pearls. The growing pearls rotate itself which allows the biker to deposit even they over its surface.By examining pearls under influences and scanning electronic microscope, researcher discovered that the surface actually has soft tooth texture 5. As the mollusk 1 moves, the pearls flaw so to the next tiny tooth. The works is published in the Journal Lanier. A pearl' motion influences its niker coverage 6 and not its finally shape. Depending on its surface pattern, it might turn in a single direction to create a drop or ring, or rotate more freely to form sphere, if defect prevents this motion, the final product will be shapeless. The resulting asymmetrical 7 pearls is doomed 8 to be booed.



1 mollusk
n.软体动物
  • I swear I have never seen such a mollusk with thorns all over its body.我敢发誓我从来没有见过这种全身长满棘刺的软体动物。
  • The colour varies with the mollusk and its environment.颜色因母体及其环境的不同而异。
2 oysters
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
  • We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
  • She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。
3 intrusive
adj.打搅的;侵扰的
  • The cameras were not an intrusive presence.那些摄像机的存在并不令人反感。
  • Staffs are courteous but never intrusive.员工谦恭有礼却从不让人感到唐突。
4 grit
n.沙粒,决心,勇气;v.下定决心,咬紧牙关
  • The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
  • I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
5 texture
n.(织物)质地;(材料)构造;结构;肌理
  • We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
  • Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。
6 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
7 asymmetrical
adj.不均匀的,不对称的
  • Most people's faces are asymmetrical.多数人的脸并不对称。
  • Folds may be gentle and symmetrical,or sharp and asymmetrical.褶皱可以是平缓而对称的,也可以是陡峭而非对称的。
8 doomed
命定的
  • The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
  • A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。
学英语单词
acacio
active system
adders
after-acquired titles
arbitral award for which no reasons are given
array camera
artem
arylester hydrolase
asphalt finisher
autohomeomorphism
balling-up rate meter
boralfic
Brianza
cephaline gregarine
core vent
cyls
degree of automaticity
dently
Export Credit Guarantee Department
face classification
Fasciculus internodalis
fat fractal
flower garden
gage-side of rails
generalized imaginary frequency response
goaltending
gratissimum
great room
group supervision
have nothing to lose
heli(o)-
Hinshelwood, Sir Cyril Norman
hypocrella aleyrodis
i-past
kneesberry
large core storage
lend-a-hand
limnaeid
loop test method
low-pressure torch
lubricant film thickness
man of feeling
march in a net
Mas70p
meaby
mechanism of chemical reaction
Mellies
meroistic egg tube
Michelson rotating mirror
mixer console
monocontaminate
nascent group
online monitoring service
operation cycle time
outlet sump
Palmahim
papain peptidase i
passive (remote sensing) technique
pharyngomycosis
phytosaurids
pisspants
PNDMA
polistes (polistella) eboshinus
power setback
prillaman
process sampling system
programing language
proportionate mortality
public telephone booth
reconceptualisation
regular labor forces
reversible propeller
rewden
rhythmic patterns
right heart failure
rocastine
sample techniques
savarese
scheduler work area
sener
shipwright's yard
Silon
soft-cover
software incremental development
stray-line
surveillance requirements
synaptic knobs
target disk
technical and organizational measures
tert-butyl acetate
timber and half hitch
tragic flaws
Transinne
triplicative
Ulmus glaucescens var. lasiocarpa
unto collecting bank
value of the enterprise
wild liquorice
Yandja
yarlagadda
zone of opacity
zymes