时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(一)月


英语课

 Ever wondered why mosquito eat some people up but leave others relatively 1 unscathed. a new study  find this prefential treament due to smells produced by the microscopic 2 critters that cover our bodies. the reaserch is in the journal public library science one.to mosquito ,every human has a particular smell and differences are  due in part the particular bacteria  on each individual's skin.  the study test the malaria-transmitting Anopheles gambiae mosquitos attraction to the ordors fifity adult man.the participant's avoided items such as garlic that will change their natual smell.reaserchers collected the male scents 3 by rubbing glass beads 4 on the bottom on each particapant's feet and swabbed the same skin for microbes and they  discovered that  mosquito perfer the smells of skin with more abundant but less diverse bacteria communities. the scientists suggest that the diverse community may  include some microbes that produce compounds that mosquitos  natuarlly dislike .a further reaserch can identify this compounds, it could  lead to their development repellents to make bloodthirsty mosquites buzz off.



1 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
2 microscopic
adj.微小的,细微的,极小的,显微的
  • It's impossible to read his microscopic handwriting.不可能看清他那极小的书写字迹。
  • A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.植物的肺就是其叶片上微细的气孔。
3 scents
n.香水( scent的名词复数 );气味;(动物的)臭迹;(尤指狗的)嗅觉
  • The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
  • The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 beads
n.(空心)小珠子( bead的名词复数 );水珠;珠子项链
  • a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
  • Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。
标签: sss 托福素材
学英语单词
acetate rayon
additive colo(u)r process
all zero character signal
andahuaylas
arteria occipitalis
arteriosclerostic psychosis
Bacterium lactis innocuus
be in employ
be quite an institution
bipaprous
bists
blasting unit
body karate
cardiac calculus
caudal flesh
centralizer
Chindini
compensation of power factor
crampiness
CVR
Dhofar
diet-related
differential monitor
digital scrapbooking
document entity
dummy terminator
economic guidelines
eddy error
equivalent hydrostatic pressure
federal tribunal
fem(c.i.p.w.)(femic)
Feodor Dostoevski
ferric humate
filling material for optical fiber cable
fissurae pterygoidea
forming stage
fracturing fluid(for oil well)
glyhexylamid
gosong
Gospel According to John
haroum
high vacuum grease
hitting the pavement
horizontal screen chassis
in-care
inguinofemoral
insulated switch section
interrogated
intrauterines
Jordan R.
keep the left
lawz
legal career
liver thrill
Lord willing
Market Eye
megashed
Mercaptopyridine
metroscopy
muscicapas
mycopesticide
noncomputerized
Norwalk
o'dor
off the list
Palals
pedestal type centrifugal compressor
peptidoleukotrienes
pericyclo-compound
personales
picture halftone transition
piezoelectric pickup
pnagus indomitus
poloidal divertor experiment (pdx)
post-echoes
power hunger
Prince Frederick Harb.
Principality of Andorra
pseudohernia
psy-path
Rabiusa
rami articulares
reconnaissance fire
ring-down supervision
rosts
ruthenium(iv) sulfate
silicone rectifier
sill strip
sinus tract
southwesterly
spindle fiber
storage egg
storing property
sum of newly-gained national income
Talassia
the ABI
thermal parameter measuring instrument
ticketing
Tong Duong
trencherfuls
turn-sew-turn device
violanthrene