后来调查发现,令英军望风而溃的敌人,无非芦苇丛中数以百计受惊乱走的地蟹。
Later investigation revealed that the enemy who had put the British to flight were nothing more than hundreds of land crabs, which had been moving about among the reeds in alarm.
篮球大小的椰子蟹(coconut crab)也是科学家们研究的对象,椰子蟹是世界上最大的陆地蟹类,圣诞岛上的椰子蟹数量是世界上最多的。
The same went for the basketball-size coconut crab (see picture), the world's biggest land crab, of which Christmas Island has the world's largest population.
他们永远不会没有品味地为客人提供炖龙虾或蒸蟹腿——出现在许多美国人餐桌上的菜肴。
They would never have the bad taste to offer a guest lobster stew or steamed crab legs—dishes that appear on many American tables.
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