新托福词汇分类突破 – UNIT 070

by xiaolai on 2008/12/10 · 8 comments

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The eusocial, or truly social, bees live in large colonies consisting of females of two overlapping generations: mothers (queens) and daughters (workers). Males, called drones, play no part in the colony’s organization and only mate with the queens. Larvae are fed progressively —that is, cells are opened as necessary or are left open so that workers can tend the larvae. Parasitic, or cuckoo, bees are those that do not forage, or make nests themselves but use the nests and food of other species of bees to provide for their parasitic young.

  • eusocial [jU:5sEuFEl] adj. 完全群居的
  • truly social[5tru:li] [5sEuFEl] n. 完全社会性的
  • colony [5kClEni] n. 群体
  • overlapping [7EuvE5lApiN] n. 重叠
  • drone [drEun] n. 雄蜂
  • progressively [prE5^resivli] adj. 逐步的
  • tend [tend] v. 照管
  • parasitic [7pArE5sitik] adj. 寄生的
  • cuckoo [5kuku:] n. 杜鹃; adj 寄生的
  • cuckoo bee [5kuku: 5bi:] n. 寄生蜂
  • forage [5fCridV] v. 觅食

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haohao February 5, 2009 at 15:36

不好意思,老是挑错,呵呵,不过这个我觉得有必要解释一下
cuckoo 在这里不是杜鹃的意思,也是“寄生的”的意思。因为杜鹃这种鸟就是把自己的蛋产在别的鸟巢中,是一种类似寄生的行为,因此cuckoo引申来的一种意思就是寄生,生物学中有这个名词:cuckoo bee 寄生蜂。希望稍作改正,因为这个地方其实挺有趣的。

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李笑来 February 5, 2009 at 16:18

谢谢你!希望你执着地挑错……

已经改过来了。

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长猪的翅膀 February 8, 2009 at 20:13

许多老师都不愿意承认自己的错误,您是一个大大的例外,我也要执着的看下去…

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haohao February 17, 2009 at 11:29

是啊,我真的很佩服您这样的老师,这套资料真的很有用,我一定坚持看完。

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eileen May 26, 2009 at 09:54

第一天,完成任务了。

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李笑来 May 26, 2009 at 10:21

加油加油!

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sito December 3, 2011 at 10:28

原来是这样,cuckoo bees,我不考托福,但是喜欢背这本书,因为背起来不死板,而且每页的内容不多,每天背两单元觉得很有成就感。还能学到很多知识。呵呵

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sito December 3, 2011 at 10:36

larvae are fed progressively —that is, cells are opened as necessary or are left open so that workers can tend the larvae. 幼虫被逐渐的给予食物-即巢室是打开的或者可以依情况打开给予喂食,之所以说这样的喂食是fed progressively是相对于其他独居蜜蜂来说的,因为独居蜜蜂是把幼虫放到巢室里把食物蛰麻痹了放进去然后把巢室给封起来,相对于一次性喂食,等幼虫们长大出来的时候母蜂就死掉了。

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