例如，如虫子在潮湿的木头上挖出巢穴一样，木蚁的很多种类也会对建筑物造成结构损坏。

Many species of carpenter ant, for instance, can cause structuraldamage to buildings as the bugs carve their nests in damp wood.

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在每一个土堆顶上都有一个洞，旁边都用一些被弯曲的木头围住，水就经过那个流在地上，这些木头就好像木嘴唇一样。

On the top of each was a hole, the edges of which were defined with twisted logs, set flush into the ground, like wooden lips.

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在冬斋里，和在餐室里一样，除了一张白木方桌和四张麦秸心椅子外，再也没有旁的家具。

In this winter salon, as in the dining-room, there was no other furniture than a square table in white wood, and four straw-seated chairs.

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