美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-7-15

 

AZUZ: You know, you can tell some people that something tastes disgusting and they just got to try it anyway for themselves. This plant is kind of like that. It`s called titan arum, aka, the corpse¹ flower.

你知道，你可以告诉一些人某种食物很难吃，并且他们无论如何自己都要试一试。这种植物就是这样，它叫做泰坦魔芋，又名尸花。

It blooms for less than 48 hours, giving off an unparallel stink² and then it collapses³. For some reason, folks lined up in droves to get a whiff, the natural nose-assaulting nastiness notwithstanding. This happened recently when a titan arum blossomed in South Australia.

它的花期不到48小时，会释放出无法匹敌的臭味，然后就会枯萎。前不久，在澳洲植物园里的巨花魔芋突然盛开，因其花旗短暂，出于某些原因，此罕见现象吸引人们成群结队地排队来嗅它的独特气味。

You wouldn't`t be bloomed to say the arum`s aroma⁴ was titanically⁵ rotten. But there are times not to follow the flow of the crowd, if no one knows when to hold their nose when sniffing⁶ whiffs that reek⁷, perhaps the proboscis⁸ suffers no losses when plugging its probing beak⁹.

你不用模糊地表达这株巨花魔芋所散发的巨大的“腐鱼肉气味”。但确实在某些时候，不要随波逐流，如果在嗅它的臭味时，没人知道什么时候应该捏住他们的鼻子。当鼻子塞时，或许将免遭任何损失。

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1 corpse   

n.尸体，死尸

参考例句：

• What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。
• The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。

2 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

3 collapses   

折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )； 倒塌； 崩溃； （尤指工作劳累后）坐下

参考例句：

• This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
• Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。

4 aroma   

n.香气，芬芳，芳香

参考例句：

• The whole house was filled with the aroma of coffee.满屋子都是咖啡的香味。
• The air was heavy with the aroma of the paddy fields.稻花飘香。

5 titanically   

美国特别

参考例句：

6 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 reek   

v.发出臭气；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• Where there's reek,there's heat.哪里有恶臭，哪里必发热。
• That reek is from the fox.那股恶臭是狐狸发出的。

8 proboscis   

n.（象的）长鼻

参考例句：

• Its proboscis has got stuck to a lot of pollen.它的喙上粘了很多花粉。
• It hovers in front of the flower,using its proboscis to look for nectar. 它在兰花前面飞来飞去, 用喙寻找花蜜.

9 beak   

n.鸟嘴，茶壶嘴，钩形鼻

参考例句：

• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。
• This bird employs its beak as a weapon.这种鸟用嘴作武器。