纪录片《猫的秘密》 第23期 标志地盘

And it's not just these two cats.

不仅是这两只猫

Other cats, like Billy and Molly...

其他的猫 比如比利和茉莉

Interesting. Molly is out at one, two o'clock in the morning,

很有趣 茉莉通常在凌晨一二点钟出门

a lot of activity here in the early morning,

在凌晨十分活跃

when Billy wasn't out.

而此时比利正待在家

One's going in, one's going out.

一个在内 一个在外

And Claude and Thomas seem to be doing the same thing.

克劳德和托马斯似乎也在做着同样的事

Claude comes over into the area of Thomas,

克劳德进入托马斯领地的时候

Thomas is much further over,

托马斯远在那里

they're not in the same place at the same time,

他们并不同时出现在同一个地方

they may time-share that area.

他们在不同时段分享这片地区

It seems to be happening all over the village.

这种现象发生在城镇各处

And here's how they're doing it.

他们是这样做到的

A set of chemical signals and scents¹ which are secreted²

一系列化学物质和气味

from the cats' glands³ in their cheeks when they rub...

在他们蹭树以及抓挠时

and from their paws when they scratch...

从面部和脚掌的腺体中分泌出来

Marks out who was where, and when.

标记了何时何地谁来过这里

1 scents   

n.香水( scent的名词复数 )；气味；（动物的）臭迹；（尤指狗的）嗅觉

参考例句：

• The air was fragrant with scents from the sea and the hills. 空气中荡漾着山和海的芬芳气息。
• The winds came down with scents of the grass and wild flowers. 微风送来阵阵青草和野花的香气。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 secreted   

v.（尤指动物或植物器官）分泌( secrete的过去式和过去分词 )；隐匿，隐藏

参考例句：

• Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. 胰岛素是胰腺分泌的。
• He secreted his winnings in a drawer. 他把赢来的钱藏在抽届里。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 glands   

n.腺( gland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
• the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺