英語學習看BBC紀錄片《地球脈動》第一季學英語單詞第9集

2024年2月8日發(作者：行將就木)

fringe [fr?nd?]

v. 形成 … 的邊緣

The beach was fringed by coconut palms.

marine [m??ri?n]

a. 海的；海產的；海生的

marine life海洋生物

humpback whale

n. 駝背鯨；座頭鯨

Humpback whales have fascinated scientists for years.

breeding grounds

n. 繁殖地

The whales have just returned to their breeding grounds in the shallow

as of the tropics.

calf [kɑ?f]

n. （象、鯨等的）崽，幼獸

It's the newly born calves that they are after.

nonetheless [?n?ne??les]

adv. 盡管如此

The book is too long but, nonetheless, informative and entertaining.

equator [??kwe?t?(r)]

n. 赤道

Which of the countries is located clost to the equator?

plankton [?pl??kt?n]

n. 浮游生物

And the plankton, too, are flourishing thanks to global warming.

oasis [???e?s?s] 復數oas

n. （沙漠中的）綠洲

Coral reefs are oas in a watery dert.

barren [?b?r?n]

a. 貧瘠的；不毛的

a barren dert不毛的沙漠

polyp [?p?l?p]

n. 珊瑚蟲；水螅蟲

On the surface of this a fan, there are two polyps that are not polyps.

minute [ma??nju?t]

a. 極小的；微小的；細微的

The kitchen on the boat is minute.

a anemone [??nem?ni]

n. 海葵

Sea anemones may look like plants, but, actually, are animals.

algae [??ld?i?] 單數alga

n. 藻；海藻

The algae die and the food chain collaps.

snare [sne?(r)]

v. 設陷阱（或羅網、套子）捕捉

Her one thought was to snare a rich husband.

morl [?m??(r)s(?)l]

n. 少量，一塊（食物）

He ate it all, down to the last morl.

tentacle [?tent?k(?)l]

n. 觸角；觸手；觸須

Tentacles of fear clod around her body.

pygmy [?p?ɡmi]

a. （比同類動植物）小得多的，矮小的，微小的

The pygmy hedgehog is the smallest of all hedgehogs.

clam [kl?m]

n. 蛤；蛤蜊；蚌

clam chowder/soup蛤蜊雜燴湯；蛤蜊湯

pulsation [p?l???(?)n]

n. 脈動，搏動；震動；悸動

My heart was pounding mightily. I couldn't curb its pulsations.

fleshy [?fle?i]

a. 肉質的

fleshy fruit/leaves

nooks and crannies [n?k] [?kr?ni]

n. 角落和縫隙

I know every nook and cranny on this ship.

venomous [?ven?m?s]

a. 分泌毒液的；有毒的

No venomous snake glides through the thicket, no crocodile lurks in

the swamp.

paralyze [?p?r?la?z]

v. 使癱瘓；使麻痹

The accident left him paralyd from the waist down.

caravan [?k?r?v?n]

n.（尤指穿越沙漠的）旅行隊，車隊

At least thirty snakes have now joined the caravan.

scour [?ska??(r)]

v. （徹底地）搜尋，搜查，翻找

We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.

pristine [?pr?sti?n]

a. 未開發的；處于原始狀態的

pristine, pollution-free beaches沒有污染的原始海灘

camouflage [?k?m??flɑ??]

n. （動物的）保護色，保護形狀；（軍事上的）偽裝，隱蔽

With no natural predators, there is little need for winter camouflage.

gurnard ['g??n?d]

n. 魴魚

A gurnard. It's huge pectoral fins disgui it's shape.

pectoral [?pekt(?)r?l]

a.胸部的；胸的

pectoral muscles胸肌

disgui [d?s?ɡa?z]

v. 假扮；裝扮；偽裝

The hijackers were heavily disguid.

rhizome [?ra?z??m]

n. 根莖；根狀莖

the thick stem of some plants

aquatic [??kw?t?k]

a. 水生的；水棲的

aquatic plants/life/ecosystems

prairie [?pre?ri]

n. 北美草原

The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.

dugong [?dju?ɡ??]

n. 儒艮，海牛

a large a animal with thick greyish skin, which lives mainly in the

Indian Ocean and eats plants

herbivore [?h??(r)b??v??(r)]

n. 食草動物；草食動物

Dugongs are the largest herbivores in the a.

excavate [?eksk?ve?t]

v. 發掘，挖出（古建筑或古物）

The site has been excavated by archaeologists.

football pitch

n.足球場

Do you drive to the football pitch?

inquisitive [?n?kw?z?t?v]

a. 好學的；好奇的；興趣廣泛的

They are so cute and inquisitive.

tantalizing [?t?nt??la?z??]

a.誘人的，吸引人的

The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee wafted towards them.

stranded [?str?nd?d]

a. left somewhere with no way of going anywhere el

The ship was stranded on a sandbank.

daring [?de?r??]

勇敢的；敢于冒險的

There are plenty of activities at the resort for the less daring.

sweltering [?swelt(?)r??]

a. extremely hot in an unpleasant or uncomfortable way

sweltering heat酷熱難耐的高溫

pant [p?nt]

v. 氣喘；喘息

She finished the race panting heavily.

rear [r??(r)]

v. 撫養；養育；培養

She reared a family of five on her own.

the Arabian Gulf

n. 阿拉伯海灣

Sand whipped up by Shamals offshore winds blows into the as

of the Arabian Gulf.

paradoxically [?p?r??d?ks?kli]

adv.自相矛盾地

Paradoxically, it is their differences that bring them clor to each

other.

live off

v. 靠 … 過活；依賴 … 生活

to live off welfare靠救濟過活

lash [l??]

v. 猛擊；狠打

The rain lashed at the windows.

edible [?ed?b(?)l]

a. 適宜食用的；（無毒）可以吃的

edible fungi/snails/flowers可食用的真菌類植物╱蝸牛╱花

krill [kr?l]

n. 南極磷蝦；磷蝦

A large humpback eats three tons of krill a day.

reap [ri?p]

v. 收割（莊稼）；收獲

They are now reaping the rewards of all their hard work.

kelp [kelp]

n. 巨藻；大型褐藻

The starfish relatives can destroy entire kelp forests.

a urchin

n. 海膽

An army of a urchins is mounting an attack.

fell [fel]

v.砍伐（樹木） 過去式felled 過去分詞felled

Badly infected trees should be felled and burned.

invertebrate [?n?v??(r)t?br?t]

n. 無脊椎動物

They're the fastest growing marine invertebrates known.

brittle star

n. 蛇尾。蛇尾的結構與海星相似，但體盤相對較大，腕5個，盤與腕之間有明顯交界

The sunflower starfish is a meter across, with an appetite

for brittle stars.

sand dollar

n. 沙錢，或譯海錢，由于其棲息處及外形多呈圓盤狀，彷如一個銀幣，因而得名。

Sand dollars flat a urchins cluster together as a defen.

extrude [?k?stru?d]

v. （被）擠壓出，排出，噴出

The predator extrudes it's stomach, and wraps it around it's victims

liquefying their soft parts.

liquefy [?l?kw?fa?]

v. （使）液化

The predator extrudes it's stomach, and wraps it around it's victims

liquefying their soft parts.

skeleton [?skel?t(?)n]

n. 骨骼；骨架；骨骼標本

The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.

the Benguela Current

n. 本格拉寒流是南大西洋東海岸沿南非和納米比亞西海岸從南向北流動的寒冷的水流，最終匯入南赤道暖流。

The Benguela Current sweeps along the western coastline of Southern

Africa

the Agulhas Current

n. 厄加勒斯暖流

They lay their egg capsules in sandy shallows bathed by the

warmer AgulhasCurrent.

squid [skw?d]

n. 槍烏賊；魷魚

They feed on squid and fish eggs.

preoccupied [pri??kj?pa?d]

a. 心事重重；一門心思

He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything

wrong.

repel [r??pel]

v. 擊退；驅逐

Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.

(be/go) on the prowl

悄然潛行（以捕獵或尋找）

There was a fox on the prowl near the chickens.

turn of speed

n. 突然加速；加快進度；突然加快的能力

He put on an impressive turn of speed in the last lap.

metabolism [m??t?b??l?z(?)m]

n. 新陳代謝

The body's metabolism is slowed down by extreme cold.

ravenous [?r?v(?)n?s]

a. 極其饑餓的；嚴重的，十分的

What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.

infamous [??nf?m?s]

a. 臭名遠揚的；聲名狼藉的

the most infamous concentration camp最惡名遠揚的集中營

the roaring forties

n. 咆哮西風帶（南北緯40至50度之間的海洋風暴地帶）

The island sits in the infamous roaring forties.

incessant [?n?s(?)nt]

a. 不停的；持續不斷的

incessant noi/rain/chatter

gale-force winds [ɡe?l]

七級以上的大風

A gale is a very strong wind, which can be dangerous.

testament [?test?m?nt]

n.證據；證明

The new model is a testament to the skill and dedication of the

workforce.

blubber [?bl?b?(r)]

n. 鯨脂；海獸脂

The animals are quite small and they can't carry around a thick layer

of blubber.

featherweight [?fee?(r)?we?t]

n. 次輕量級拳擊手，（臺）羽量級拳擊手（體重 53.5 至 57 公斤）

The other two members of the committee are just featherweight.

feisty [?fa?sti]

a. 堅決而據理力爭的，爭強好勝的

The al is a crabeater, sharp-toothed and feisty.

epic [?ep?k]

a. 具有史詩性質的；史詩般的

an epic poem史詩般的詩

the Aleutian Island

n. 阿留申群島

the Bearing Sea

n.白令海

The Aleutian Island chain running west from Alaska is the gateway to

the Bearing Sea.

阿拉斯加西部的阿留申群島是通向白令海的大門。

gorge [ɡ??(r)d?]

v. 貪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽

The groundhog gorged himlf on a stray piece of pie.

proliferate [pr??l?f?re?t]

v. 迅速繁殖（或增殖）；猛增

Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year.