侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第129期:它不得不开始食腐

 　　On full alert are his lookouts¹, the small Pterosaurs.

　　它的小翼龙瞭望员们非常警惕。

　　Gastonia finds a promising² spot and begins digging.

　　加斯顿龙发现了一处有指望的地方并开始挖掘。

　　If he can smell water, it can't be more than a foot away.

　　如果它能闻到水，那不会远于一英尺。

　　But Utahraptor is searching for sustenance³ too.

　　不过犹他盗龙也在寻找食物。

　　Utahraptor has been using the river bed to hunt for dead and dying animals.

　　犹他盗龙一直在河床上寻找死去和濒死的动物。

　　He's been relegated⁴ to scavenging, there's not a lot of living things, this Utahraptor has got to find food.

　　它已经不得不开始食腐，这里没剩下多少活物了，这头犹他盗龙必须要找到食物。

　　Dead prey⁵ is fine, but the nutritional⁶ value of something that's died is much less than the nutritional value of fresh meat.

　　动物尸体也过得去，不过死去的动物营养价值远不如鲜肉高。

　　This animal is a machine.

　　这个动物如同机器。

　　You've got to keep the machine fueled, he's got to find fresh kill.

　　机器没有燃料可不行，它必须得尽快猎杀成功。

　　His sense of smell is just as acute as Gastonia's.

　　它的嗅觉和加斯顿龙的一样敏锐。

　　Utahraptor prefers to ambush⁷ his prey.

　　犹他盗龙喜欢伏击猎物。

　　Chasing and fighting for meals uses up precious energy and risks injury.

　　追逐及打斗都会消耗宝贵的能量而且有受伤的危险。

　　The drought has driven him out of his favorite hunting grounds, but he will still try to use surprise as a weapon whenever he can.

　　干旱将它赶出了自己最喜欢的猎场，不过只要有可能它就还会试图发动突袭。

　　If he can come in quiet enough, he can reach underneath⁸ and rip the insides of the Gastonia open, but the Gastonia's lookouts are on full alert.

　　如果它能悄悄地靠近就能抓到加斯顿龙身下，让它变得开膛破肚，不过加斯顿龙的瞭望员机警异常。

　　They spot the raptor long before the raptor has a chance to run in.

　　它们在这头迅猛龙有机会跑进来时很久前就发现了它。

　　The pterosaurs can see every bit as well as the raptor, making them a potent⁹ alarm system.

　　翼龙的视力跟迅猛龙不相上下，使它们成为高效的报警系统。

　　His poor eyesight doesn't spot the Utahraptor, but a sense of smell does.

　　加斯顿龙的视力没注意犹他盗龙，不过嗅觉注意到了。

　　He's able to smell the direction the Utahraptors coming from, so he turns broadside to his attacker.

　　它能闻出了犹他盗龙从哪里过来，所以它将身体侧对着攻击者。

　　Shorter and stockier than Utahraptor, Gastonia has no claws on his feet, and his teeth are blunt.

　　加斯顿龙比犹他盗龙更矮更粗壮，脚上没有爪子，牙齿比较钝。

　　His only weapon is his massive tail "scissors".

　　它唯一的武器是巨大的“尾剪”。

　　The little Gastonia begins to swish his tail from side to side.

　　小加斯顿龙开始向两侧摆动尾巴。

　　The spikes¹⁰ that stick out from the side are very similar to the teeth on a chainsaw.

　　其侧面伸出来的尖刺如同链锯上面的锯齿。

　　If that Utahraptor gets too close, he could have a nasty, nasty surprise.

　　如果犹他盗龙靠得太近，它就会被收拾得很惨。

　　Utahraptor will usually grasp its prey with its arms and use its leg claws to slash¹¹ at its victim.

　　犹他盗龙通常会用前肢抓住猎物，然后用它的脚爪划割猎物。

　　But his claws will not penetrate¹² amour as thick as the Gastonia's.

　　不过它的脚爪无法穿透加斯顿龙的厚甲。

1 lookouts   

n.寻找（ 某人/某物）( lookout的名词复数 )；是某人（自己）的问题；警戒；瞭望台

参考例句：

• Lookouts were spotted all along the coast. 沿海岸都布置了监视哨。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Lookouts and leadsmen in bulky life jackets stumbled and slipped after him. 监视哨和测深员穿着饱鼓鼓的救生衣，跌跌撞撞地跟在他后面。 来自辞典例句

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 sustenance   

n.食物，粮食；生活资料；生计

参考例句：

• We derive our sustenance from the land.我们从土地获取食物。
• The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。

4 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 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。

6 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

7 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

8 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

9 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

10 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

12 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。