His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soaked in creosote to keep the termites out.
他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋，木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。
A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees.
一种南美洲的鸟，倒挂在高大的树上，觅食有翼的白蚁和其他小昆虫。
Indirect collaboration is the key principle behind information-sharing websites, just as it underlies the complex constructions that termites build.
间接协作是信息共享网站背后的关键原则，就像它是白蚁构建的复杂结构的基础一样。
A colony of termites invaded the new building.
一群白蚁侵袭了新大楼。
"A mound is in many ways as alive as the termites that build it," says Turner.
特纳说：“一个白蚁丘在许多方面都是有机的，充满活力的。”
Such dithering is to confidence what termites are to wooden roof beams.
欧盟的优柔寡断就像白蚁咬噬木梁一样侵蚀着人们的信心。
When three or four termites are collected together in a chamber they wander about aimlessly.
放在房间内的三四只白蚁会四处毫无目的地乱爬。
Inside these fortresses, the termites rear their young - and in some cases even grow their own crops.
白蚁们在堡垒中抚养着幼蚁，有时甚至在堡垒中种粮食。
Like termites chewing away at the foundation of a strong building, doubt can undermine our strongest beliefs.
就像啃食大厦基座的白蚁，怀疑会暗中破坏我们最坚定的信仰。
Fumigant: for storage pest control and quarantine of imports and exports points. Especially for termites.
杀虫熏蒸剂。用于仓库害虫防治和口岸进出口货物检疫，对杀灭白蚁有特效。
Chimpanzees show particular enthusiasm for collecting and eating termites, which have high measured levels of B12.
黑猩猩对搜集和吃白蚁特别有兴趣，而白蚁富含B12。
Many of these mounds, in Namibia, have been modified to allow the scientists to monitor what the termites are doing.
在纳米比亚，科学家们重修了土墩，方便他们检测白蚁的动向。
A large number of flagellates live in the intestine of lower termites, which is vital for the survival of host termites.
大量鞭毛虫栖息在低等白蚁肠道内，是白蚁赖以生存的共生微生物。
In the ecosystem of this area, termites played more useful roles than harmful roles, thus it was unnecessary to control them.
白蚁在自然保护区生态系统中的作用利大于害，无需进行防治。
Rather like blood circulating in our veins, inside the termites nest it is air that is moved by external temperature and pressures.
就像我们血管里的血液流动一样，在蚁穴里的空气也是由外界的气温和压力控制的。
Boric acid has been used to kill other insects including cockroaches, termites and ants inside homes since the middle of last century.
自上世纪中期以来，硼酸就一直被用来消灭家中的蟑螂，白蚁和蚂蚁等昆虫。
Little is known about D. dalaiensis at this point, but scientists say it may navigate by its nose to hunt for earthworms, ants, and termites.
在这一点上我们对d . dalaiensis知之甚少，但科学家说他可能利用嗅觉猎食蚯蚓、蚂蚁和白蚁。
The Magic Pangolin: long long ago, termites and other pests caused serious disasters to Gumen mountain and the whole mountain became bleak.
穿山神甲：很久以前，古门山区白蚁等害虫成灾，一片荒凉。
The esterase isoenzyme of Aegerita duthiei and Xylaria growing on termites combsare studied by means of electro-phoresis in polyacrylamide gel.
本研究采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳测定了白蚁菌圃上小白球菌和炭角菌的酯酶同工酶。
It was suggested that borate treated wood had satisfyingly stable and long-last toxicity against termites, which was not compromised by ageing.
试验结果表明：硼酸木材防护剂对白蚁的毒性并未受到老化处理的影响，具有良好的稳定性和持效性。
It has been shown that the symbiotic gut microbiota in wood-feeding lower termites plays an important role in the digestion of different plant components.
已有的研究表明，低等木食性白蚁对木质纤维素等植物源食物的消化主要与其肠道共生微生物有关。
These fungus gardens must be well ventilated, and their temperature andhumidity closely controlled - no mean feat in the tropical climates in which termites live.
而这些菌圃必须通风良好，恒温恒湿，如此苛刻的生长环境对于地处热带气候的白蚁族群来说可是个不小的考验。
Don't say things like "active termites and organisms". Avoid ambiguity by writing either "active termites and active organisms" or "organisms and active termites."
不要用“活跃的白蚁和有机体”之类的话，为了避免模棱两可，最好这样写：“活跃的白蚁和活跃的有机体”或是“白蚁和活跃的有机体”。
This design seems to trap more heat by limiting outward airflow, making sure that the fungus gardens that provide the termites' food are kept at an optimal temperature.
这种设计模式似乎能够通过控制向外逃逸的空气来保证巢穴的恒温，确保巢内为蚁群提供食物的菌圃保持最优温度。
We're the only one that USES tools then-but that's if you don't count otters smashing mollusks with rocks or apes stripping leaves from twigs and using them to fish for termites.
我们又自言是唯一会使用工具的——但是除非你不把水獭用石头打碎软体动物或类人猿用从小树枝上拔下来的叶子捕捉白蚁算在内。
We're the only one that USES tools then-but that's if you don't count otters smashing mollusks with rocks or apes stripping leaves from twigs and using them to fish for termites.
我们又自言是唯一会使用工具的——但是除非你不把水獭用石头打碎软体动物或类人猿用从小树枝上拔下来的叶子捕捉白蚁算在内。
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