the seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from nasa「s wide-field infrared survey explorer, or wise, draws its common name from it resemblance to a gull in flight.
上图为由美国宇航局nasa的广域红外探测器(或简称wise)提供的红外线拼接图。 正如其名所示,图中的海鸥星云仿佛一展翅翱翔的海鸥。
the subject was speed, and in a week’s practice he learned more about speed than the fastest gull alive.
课目是速度。 经过一周的练习,他学到的有关速度的知识,超过了任何一只活着的飞得最快的海鸥。
to be centered for shame meant that he would be cast out of gull society, banished to a solitary life on the far cliffs.
站到中间受辱,就是说他将被赶出海鸥世界,放逐到「远崖」,去过孤独的生活。
he cites many examples of this process in addition to the gull wings.
除了鸥翼之外,他还举出很多例子说明这个过程。
a black-headed gull flies in front of the houses of parliament in london, england.
一只黑头鸥在英国伦敦议会两院前方飞行着。
by sunup, jonathan gull was practicing again.
拂晓时分,海鸥乔纳森又在练习了。
the government tries to gull the taxpayers into believing that their money is being properly spent.
政府试图哄骗纳税人使他们相信他们的钱没有乱花。
she says the fish and wildlife service is studying ways to manage the gull problem.
她说,美国鱼类和野生动物服务局正在研究管理海鸥问题的各种方法。
they were so tranquil and clear that olle thought he saw a bird drowning in one, when it was actually the reflection of a gull gliding above the surface.
在那里海面是如此平静,以至欧利以为看见一只海鸟正在沉入水中,而实际上是一只正在滑翔的海鸥在水中的倒影。
it’s all so pointless, he thought, deliberately dropping a hard-won anchovy to a hungry old gull chasing him.
「这样太没意思了,」他心里想,一边故意把好不容易弄到的一条鲤鱼丢给一只追逐他的饑饿的老海鸥。
but with millions of tax dollars being spent on restoring habitat, biologists expect they」ll be doing a lot more gull management in the years ahead.
但数以百万计的纳税人的钱已经花在了恢复栖息地项目上,生物学家预计,未来几年内,他们将在海鸥管理问题上做的更好一些。
his passion for the theory was clear, until i asked him to tell me how he had invented the gull wings.
他对于这个理论的热情显而易见,一直到我请他告诉我他怎样发明了鸥翼线拐。
in his asking, terrence lowell gull became a condemned bird, labeled outcast; and the eighth of jonathan’s students.
这么一要求,海鸥特兰斯?罗维尔立刻成了只罪鸟,被看作弃儿,同时也成了乔纳森的第八个学生。
instead of being enfeebled by age, the elder had been empowered by it; he could outfly any gull in the flock, and he had learned skills that the others were only gradually coming to know.
年龄并没使长者衰弱,反而使他更有力量了,他能比鸥群中任何一个都飞得快,他学会的本领,其他海鸥还只能一点一滴地慢慢理解呢。
so you might say this lizard is running with the big dog, while the gull is flying from it.
可以说这只蜥蜴和大犬比肩奔跑,而海鸥与大犬分道扬镳。