The effects of a warmer world are visible in animals bodies地球变暖的影响正体现在动物身体上For humans, adapting to climate change will mostly be a matter of technology. More air conditioning, better-designed houses and bigger flood defences may help ameliorate the effects of a warmer world. Animals will have to rely on changing their bodies or their behaviour. 对人类而言,适应气候变化在大多情况下终究是技术问题。
更多的空调系统、设计得更加巧妙的房屋以及更大的防洪设备或许就能帮助减少地球变暖的影响。
而动物将不得不依赖于改变它们的身体或行为(来适应气候变化)。
In a paper published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, a team led by Sara Ryding, a PhD candidate at Deakin University, in Australia, shows that is already happening. Climate change is already altering the bodies of many animal species, giving them bigger beaks, limbs and ears. 在一篇发表于《生态学与进化趋势》的文章中,澳大利亚迪肯大学的在读博士生萨拉·莱丁带领的团队证明,这种现象已经在发生。
气候变化已经在改变许多动物物种的身体,使它们的喙、四肢和耳朵变得更大。
In some species of Australian parrot, for instance, beak size has increased by between 4% and 10% since 1871. Similar trends are seen in mammals, with species of mice, shrews and bats evolving bigger ears, tails, legs and wings. 例如,在某些种类的澳大利亚鹦鹉身上,喙的大小从 1871 年起增大了 4% 到 10%。
类似的趋势也出现在哺乳动物中:一些种类的老鼠、鼩鼱和蝙蝠进化出了更大的耳朵、尾巴、腿和翅膀。
All that dovetails nicely with evolutionary theory. Allens rule, named for Joel Asaph Allen, who suggested it in 1877, holds that warm-blooded animals in hot places tend to have larger appendages than those in temperate regions. 所有那些现象都和进化论非常吻合。
乔尔·阿萨夫·艾伦在 1877 年提出了“艾伦法则”(以艾伦命名)。
这项法则认为,炎热地区的温血动物往往比温带地区的长有更大的附器。
Such adaptations boost an animals surface area relative to its body volume, helping it to shed excess heat. Being richly endowed with blood vessels, and not covered by insulating feathers, beaks make an ideal place for birds to dispose of heat. 这样的适应性变化增加了动物相对其体积的表面积,帮助它消散过多的热量。
鸟喙长有大量的血管,且不被隔热的羽毛覆盖,成为鸟类理想的散热器官。
Studying a broader range of animals will help firm up exactly what is happening. Much of Ms Rydings data concern birds, with less information available for other taxa. But it seems clear that the world of the future is not just going to be hotter than humans are used to. The animals living in it will look different, too. 更大范围地研究动物将有助于明确现在到底在发生什么。
莱丁女士的大部分数据和鸟类有关,而关于其它物种的可用信息较少。
但以后的局面似乎很明显,未来的世界不仅将比人类所习惯的要热,生活在其中的动物也将改变模样。
:迎迎 品控:Pita 审核:Seika 重点词汇 visible /ˈvɪzəbl/ adj. 可看见的 例句:Its visible to the naked eye. 反义词:invisible(adj. 看不见的,隐形的) adapt /əˈdæpt/ v. 适应 搭配短语:adapt to sth. (适应某事) 例句:We need to adapt quickly to the new system. defence /dɪˈfens/ n. 防御;防御设施 搭配短语:flood defence(防洪设施) ameliorate /əˈmiːl.jəɪt/ v. 减轻,减少 词根词缀:melior(更好的) 英文释义:to make a bad situation better or less harmful 搭配短语:to ameliorate depression 词义辨析:ameliorate, improve ameliorate 使用的语境更加正式,强调从“不好”向“好”的转变;improve 单纯表示 to become better,既可以是“雪中送炭”,也可以是“锦上添花”。
alter /ˈɑːl.tɚ/ v. 改变 词义辨析:alter, change alter 通常指“轻微地、不易察觉地改变”,而 change 可以表示任何变化。
文章选择 alter 体现出了用词严谨,强调了气候变化对动物身体的影响是漫长、细微的过程,而不是一两天就能出现的。
beak /biːk/ n.(鸟)喙 dovetail /ˈdʌɪl/ v. 吻合,切合 相关词汇:dove(n. 鸽子) 相关词汇:tail(n. 尾巴) 词性拓展:dovetail(n. 燕尾榫,鸠形榫) 搭配短语:dovetail with 例句:My vacation plans dovetail with his. appendage /əˈpen.dɪdʒ/ n. 附肢,附器;附加物,附属物 相关词汇:append(v. 附加,增补) 搭配短语:to append a note at the end of the letter temperate /ˈtem.pɚ.ət/ adj. 气候温和的;温带的;(性格)温和克制的 例句:He is temperate in eating and drinking. ((性格)温和克制的) relative to 关于,涉及;相对于,相较于 例句:If you have any questions relative to payment, please contact us.(关于,涉及) 近义词:compared with 例句:The position of something is relative to other things. (相对于,相较于) shed /ʃed/ v. 去除,摆脱 英文释义:to get rid of something that you no lonvger need or want 搭配短语:shed pounds excess /ˈ/ adj. 过量的 搭配短语:excess eating endow /ɪnˈdaʊ/ v. 赋予(某种品质 搭配短语:be endowed with sth. 例句:She was endowed with good looks. insulate /ˈɪn.səɪt/ v. 使……隔热,隔音,绝缘;使……于外界隔离 搭配短语:to insulate our home from the noise(使……隔音) dispose of 丢弃,处理 搭配短语:dispose of nuclear waste firm up 明确 相关词汇:firm(adj. 明确的) 搭配短语:a firm plan taxon /ˈtæksɒn/ n. (种、科、纲等)分类单位 相关词汇:taxa(/ˈtæksə/,taxon 的复数形式)
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“把...加热”用英语怎么说?
把...加热的英文:Heat up
heat读法 英[hiːt]美[hit]
1、n(名词). 高温;压力;热度;热烈
2、vt(及物动词). 使激动;把…加热
短语
1、Heat Sink[电][热]散热片 ;[热]散热器 ;[热]热壑
2、Waste heat[热]余热 ; 废弃热 ; 馀热
3、heat index酷热指数 ;[天]热指数 ; 体感温度
4、heat balance[热]热平衡 ;[热]热量平衡 ; 热量衡算 ; 热量均衡
5、heat conduction[热]热传导 ;[热]导热 ; 导热性
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heat的词语用法
1、heat用作名词的基本意思是“高温,炎热”,还可指“炎热的天气”或由高温而产生的“暖气”,引申可表示人们的情绪“激动”“热烈”“激烈”的状态或状况。
heat用于体育还可表示“预赛”,获胜者可参加复赛或决赛。
2、heat作“高温,炎热”或“激动,热烈,激烈”解是不可数名词,但其前偶尔可用不定冠词a修饰; 作“预赛”解是可数名词。
3、at aheat的意思是“一举,一口气”; be on〔in〕heat的意思是“(雌性哺乳动物)处于交尾期或发情期”, be onheat是英国用法, be inheat是美国用法;
in theheatof the moment的意思是“在一时盛怒、心烦意乱等中”。
4、heat用作动词的基本意思是“(使…)变热”,引申可表示“激发某人的某种感情”。
5、heat既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。
用作及物动词时,表示“使…变热”“把…加热”,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接双宾语,其间接宾语可以转化为介词for的宾语。
用作不及物动词时表示某物体自行变热,其主动形式常常含有被动意义。