纪录片《我们的地球》 第217期 无垠深海(09)

A monkfish, almost indistinguishable from the sand on which it lies.

一只安康鱼，肉眼几乎不能辨别躺在那里的它和沙子。

Why waste energy chasing around, if you can attract prey¹ towards you with a lure²?

既然有引诱猎物过来的诱饵，何必浪费能量到处追赶猎物呢？

Maybe that one was a bit big.

这个可能有点大。

The monkfish can wait, for days if necessary, until the right sized meal turns up.

安康鱼可以等好几天，直到合适的猎物出现。

Scavengers on the other hand, have to move around to find their food.

食腐类动物则需要到处寻找食物。

Crabs³ can detect the faintest of tastes in the water

蟹类可以从水里嗅到极细微的气味，

and that helps them locate the latest body to drift down from above.

并以此追踪到从上面落下的尸体。

Eels⁴ are already feeding on the corpse⁵.

鳗鱼已经在这里进食。

Isopods, like giant marine⁶ woodlice a third of a meter long, are ripping into the rotting flesh.

等脚类动物，比如1/3米长的巨海虱，也在撕食腐烂的肉。

Over the next few hours there'll be frenzied⁷ competition between scavengers of all kinds to grab a share.

在接下来的几个小时里，这些食腐动物会尽情分享这份大餐。

1 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。

2 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。

3 crabs   

n.蟹( crab的名词复数 )；阴虱寄生病；蟹肉v.捕蟹( crab的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• As we walked along the seashore we saw lots of tiny crabs. 我们在海岸上散步时看到很多小蟹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The fish and crabs scavenge for decaying tissue. 鱼和蟹搜寻腐烂的组织为食。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 eels   

abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）

参考例句：

• Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
• She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。

5 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。

6 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

7 frenzied   

a.激怒的；疯狂的

参考例句：

• Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚，导致他进行疯狂的进攻？
• Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。