纪录片《我们的地球》 第63期 洞穴迷宫(02)

A silken strand¹ is lowered from the ceiling alongside hundreds of others.

一根坚韧的丝从天顶上垂下，边上还有好几百根。

Beautiful though these threads are, they have a sinister² purpose.

虽然这些丝看起来很漂亮，它们却是阴险的陷阱。

This is a cave glow-worm.

这是一种洞穴萤火虫

To trap its prey³, it goes fishing with a line of silk.

它利用一根根的丝来诱捕猎物

The silk comes from glands⁴ in the glow-worm's mouth and is loaded with droplets⁵ of mucus.

丝产生自萤火虫口中的腺体，上面缀着一串粘液滴。

Each glow-worm produces dozens of these threads.

每条萤火虫都会吐很多根这样的丝

0nce its lines are set, the glow-worm hangs from a mucous⁶ hammock and waits like a patient angler.

当一排丝架设完毕后，萤火虫便用粘液将自己悬吊起来，然后像一位耐心的钓鱼者似的等待猎物上钩

But the glow-worm doesn't leave everything to chance.

不过，萤火虫并不会听天由命

That ghostly blue light is the result of a chemical reaction

这些诡异的蓝光是一种化学反应的结果

taking place inside a special capsule in its tail.

由尾部的一个特殊腔囊产生

The light literally⁷ shines out of its backside. It's a lure⁸ for attracting prey.

这些从尾部发散出来的荧光正是用来吸引猎物的诱饵。

1 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

2 sinister   

adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的

参考例句：

• There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
• Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。

3 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

4 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

5 droplets   

n.小滴( droplet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Droplets of sweat were welling up on his forehead. 他额头上冒出了滴滴汗珠。 来自辞典例句
• In constrast, exhaled smoke contains relatively large water droplets and appears white. 相反，从人嘴里呼出的烟则包含相当大的水滴，所以呈白色。 来自辞典例句

6 mucous   

adj. 黏液的，似黏液的

参考例句：

• Healthy,skin,mucous membranes,and cilia are natural barriers to many viruses.健康的皮肤，粘膜和纤毛是许多病毒的天然屏障。
• Seromucous glands contain both mucous and serous cells.浆粘液腺既含有粘液性细胞，又含有浆液性细胞。

7 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

8 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。