甲虫幼虫含有独特的化学成分，从猎食它们的鸟类的羽毛和血液中可以找到这种成分的痕迹。
The beetle larvae have a distinct chemical make-up, which can be traced through the feathers and blood of birds that eat them.
一只雄性天堂鸟可能会在最佳的场合中展示他华美的羽毛使自己成为关注的焦点，从而吸引雌性。
A male bird of paradise may put himself in the limelight by displaying his spectacular plumage in the best stage setting to attract a female.
而在《致小鸟》中，所有情节都被重新组织在一场羽毛球比赛之中，球落地则象征陶器破碎的声音。
In "To You, the Birdie!", the action was reconstructed around a badminton game, shuttlecocks landing on the ground like the sound of shattered crockery.
“像这样的端坐在巢中，它身上肯定长有能为幼兽保温的羽毛，只有这样才说得通，”苏伊士说。
"Sitting on a nest like that only made sense if it had feathers" to gently insulate its young, says Sues.
在一项最近的研究中，乳胶枕比涤纶枕和羽毛枕要舒服得多，睡眠质量也更高，测试者对颈部疼痛抱怨的也更少。
In a recent study, latex pillows were better than polyester and feather for comfort and sleep quality, and testers had fewer complaints of neck pain.
在鸟类中也有同样的肌肉，在冬天它使得鸟的羽毛膨胀，以达到御寒的目的。哺乳动物也通过毛发来御寒。
The same muscles puff up the feathers of birds and the fur of mammals on cold days to help keep them warm.
他撕开信封，最初还以为里面空无一物，随后才发现有一根从信封中飘落的洁白羽毛。
He tore open the envelope and at first thought it was empty. Then he noticed a single white feather had fallen from it.
注意到比起埃亚克语中的叶子和羽毛我们这个是多么的无趣。
Notice how much less interesting that is to us than the bit about the Eyak and leaves and feathers.
他们使用同步加速器作为强X射线源，可以发现古化石羽毛中的金属成分。
They used a powerful X-ray source called a synchrotron, which uncovered metals within the ancient fossilised feathers.
这就解释了为何城市中深色羽毛的鸟类较多，因为这些地区寄生虫患病率较高。
This could also explain why there are higher populations of dark feathered birds in urban areas, where parasite prevalence is higher.
体验中晨曦的梦境正在消散，那是透过别人的眼睛看到的——古巴货车上深色的羽毛装饰物隐没在地平线下，然而这一切却引出你灰色的回忆。
Morning's recorded dream, fading: through other eyes, dark plume of a Cuban freighter - fading with the horizon it navigates across the mind's gray screen.
在她的另一项有关眼斑的研究中，毁掉雄性孔雀的20只羽毛也就毁掉了求偶成功的可能性。
Among her other eyespot studies, snipping 20 feather tips out of males' trains ruined courtship success.
信号在动物世界中也同样流行，比如说孔雀的羽毛，麋鹿的打斗等等。
Signaling is also rampant in the animal world, from peacock feathers to elk battles and the subject of a vibrant and related research program.
在这项最新的发表在PNAS上的研究中，科学家仔细考察了一块奇特的化石标本“小盗龙”（mircoraptor），这块化石上的四肢全部都有羽毛，有点类似两栖飞机（bi-plane）。
In the newest PNAS study, scientists examined a remarkable fossil specimen that had feathers on all four limbs, somewhat resembling a bi-plane.
所以此时此刻在我生活中，我就如同一只鹰——将巢里的羽毛弄掉，然后他们就可以做一件事了。
So at this point in my life I am as the eagle - removing the feathers from the nest so that they can do one thing.
如果新娘装上有珠饰、颜色印记、蝴蝶结、花纹、羽毛、丝带或其它独特的质地，我会努力在我的设计中融入一些相似的式样和感觉。
If a bride's dress has some intricate beading, hints of color, bows, flowers, feathers, ribbons or unique textures, I try to incorporate a similar look and feel into my designs.
加拿大研究人员在琥珀中发现了保存完好的恐龙羽毛，这表明恐龙中的许多品种可能全身覆盖着大量羽毛。
Researchers in Canada have discovered dinosaur feathers perfectly preserved in amber, suggesting that many species of dinosaur may have been covered in rich plumage.
他们发表在《科学》杂志上的研究成果，建立了曾经存在于古代鸟类羽毛中的色素的化学指纹图谱。
Their study, published in the journal Science, revealed the chemical fingerprint of pigments that once tinted the ancient bird's feathers.
比如在《恋爱中的莎士比亚》这样的电影里，人们就拿一支羽毛写字，并不时放到桌上的墨水池里蘸一蘸。
In movies like Shakespeare in Love people are scribbling away using a feather, stopping every so often to dip it into an inkwell.
欧盟资助的一项研究中，意大利热那亚大学的亚历山德罗•波塔罗设计出一种微小型角质蛋白刷毛，他仿照了鸟身上叫做覆羽那种最小的羽毛。
In research funded by the European Union, Alessandro Bottaro of the University of Genoa in Italy has devised small keratin bristles that mimic the smallest type of bird feathers, known as coverts.
科学家还猜测有羽毛的恐龙会生虱子，还认定呵欠在黑猩猩中也是会传染的。
Scientists also hypothesized that feathered dinosaurs had lice and determined that yawns are contagious among chimpanzees.
林丹同时也因与谢杏芳的关系而被大家所关注，谢在此次的羽毛球女单比赛中获得银牌。
Lin also attracts attention because of his relationship with Xie Xingfang, who won the silver medal in women's singles for badminton.
林丹同时也因与谢杏芳的关系而被大家所关注，谢在此次的羽毛球女单比赛中获得银牌。
Lin also attracts attention because of his relationship with Xie Xingfang, who won the silver medal in the women's singles for badminton.
这种蟹和它的堂兄弟不一样，它们不是游动着在珊瑚中觅食，而是留在原地不动，用羽毛似的触须搜寻浮游生物。
Unlike its mobile Cousins that forage the reef for food, this crab stays put and fishes for floating plankton with its feathery antennae.
“到了年底，各类投资人就像一群迷失在羽毛球比赛中的小鸟，晕头转向且伤痕累累，”他说。
"By year-end, investors of all stripes were bloodied and confused, much as if they were small birds that had strayed into a badminton game, " he said.
于是有学者提出了这样一种令人惊讶的可能性，是不是所有恐龙的祖先都拥有细长的羽毛，只是某些物种在进化过程中渐渐失去了这些羽毛。
This raised the astonishing possibility that the ancestor of all dinosaurs had hairlike feathers and that some species lost them later in evolution.
于是有学者提出了这样一种令人惊讶的可能性，是不是所有恐龙的祖先都拥有细长的羽毛，只是某些物种在进化过程中渐渐失去了这些羽毛。
This raised the astonishing possibility that the ancestor of all dinosaurs had hairlike feathers and that some species lost them later in evolution.
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