词汇 | example_english_burrow |
释义 | Examples of burrowThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Two burrows were randomly selected for the addition of water to the sand. All burrows were checked for puparia at two-weekly intervals. The present study shows that burrows also serve as larval deposition sites, but only for a few months each year. Here the soil was black and crumbly, so damp that worms burrowed it all year round. Following entry into the liver, the fluke burrows through the liver parenchyma before reaching its final site in the bile duct. Small islands were completely censused for armadillo burrows. Crab burrows within grassland sites were exposed to direct effects of sunlight. However, the eventual aim is to build a self-contained robot system that burrows through the ground to locate chemical sources. Fencing material was buried at least 15 cm into the soil to deter crabs burrowing beneath. I define this transition region by the perpendicular gradient of crab burrows that ranges from 0 to 1 m-2. Active burrows, defined by freshly excavated soil surrounding open entrances, were also counted. They are bare sand or rocky areas that provide little shelter from the strong sun other than burrowing underground. Collection involved scooping out loose soil from the burrows and sieving it as described above. The number of crab burrows per quadrat was variable with densities ranging from 6 to 32 burrows per 25 m2. Unretrieved seeds were considered lost, as we could not assess if they were hidden or consumed further away than 5 m or taken to burrows. Information such as this should aid the identification of plant characteristics for banana genotypes that are more resistant and/or tolerant to burrowing nematodes. The intervening finegrained sand layers are laminated and rippled, and exhibit brownish clay lenses and escape burrows (sections 2, 4, 9). Bioturbation is common in both mudstones and sandstones, including vertical and horizontal sand-filled burrows, and bioturbation is evident in some granulestones. All the burrows were checked and cleared of puparia nine and 18 days after the start of the trial. Another four burrows, similarly arranged, were deployed on a more open site c. 20 m away, exposed to direct sunlight for almost the whole day. The burrows were then checked for puparia at five-day intervals. Artificial burrows, made from 200-l steel drums, were used to sample these flies and to collect their puparia. They burrowed into the fruit within 24 h and reached the fifth instar in 16-21 days. Sandfilled plastic trays in the burrows served as a substrate for larval deposition. While the use of burrows for larviposition is highly seasonal, it is not as strictly dependent on temperature as the use of artificial refuges. In 2005 there were only 0.1 burrows per m2 and the tussock grassland had disappeared. She pleads with all her blandishments for forgiveness, while he, burrowing into his soul, can hardly find a reason to embrace her again. The following day it was confirmed that all cockles had burrowed and were filtering. Wolf burrows have been found in block breakdowns of the lowlands. The rat burrows were situated adjacent to a heavily frequented road which appears to be the main source of pollution. Comparable complexity of burrowing rather than precise ichnotaxonomic parity would thus be of importance. The burrows are covered by thin shaly laminae and form distinct ridges. River banks became so undermined by their burrows as to collapse. Also in the industrial sites tree cover was high around the areas where crab burrows were located thus protecting them from extreme temperature. Two well-shaded sites were selected, each with four artificial burrows in the standard configuration. After each interval of five days, another random allocation of the same set of treatments was carried out between the four burrows. One site, with four artificial burrows in the standard configuration, was used for this study. The moisture content of the deposition substrate was increased by sprinkling 100 ml of water over the sand in each tray in the artificial burrows. Mean daily catches were calculated for comparison with the time course and species composition of larviposition in the artificial burrows. Sieved soil was then poured back into the burrows and spread to cover as much of the lower surface as possible. Each of the four burrows in the standard configuration was randomly allocated a shade of black, blue, thatch or nil. At the start of the experiment, all natural burrows were cleared of puparia using this method. Both vertical and inclined escape burrows are prevalent in this facies. However, associations with unusual densities of burrows appear to reflect favourable conditions which may result from a higher content of organic matter in the deposits. Trace fossils attributed to burrowing echinoids: a revision, including new ichnogenus and ichnospecies. Bioturbated ripple surfaces are common and include trails and tracks as well as simple burrows. However, a small foot will by no means make burrowing easier for the cockles. Parents were left with at least 2 chicks in the nest and after the test chicks were returned to burrows. The parasite apparently burrows within this tunnel using its anterior stylet. Quadrats randomly assigned to the open treatment supported fewer crab burrows throughout the study than did the fence-control treatment although not significantly so. Nonnidiculous ticks occupy open habitats whereas nidiculous ticks live in caves, burrows or nests of their hosts. In most instances, the larvae had burrowed through the petals into the centre of the flowers, evidenced by clearly visible holes in the petals. Adding leaf litter to the deposition trays in artificial burrows was clearly effective. In this experiment, artificial burrows were deployed singly, rather than as a cluster of four in the standard configuration. The percentages of the pupae deposited in burrows with various shading are shown in parentheses. The tubes are randomly distributed; their density varies between 10 and 30 burrows per square metre in the material studied. Well-developed animal and plant burrows can be seen in some horizons. No burrows were located on one medium island and on three small islands. A high water table in grassland sites eliminates the possibility of burrowing deep to escape hostile surface conditions. Mole-rats are burrowing rodents with severe deterioration of visual capacity, par ticularly in image formation. In contrast, many species of ectoparasite of birds and non-volant mammals shelter in burrows, nests, or nesting material, or have non-ectoparasitic developmental stages. Either by burrowing or via a right to left shunt in the circulation, the larvae reach the parts of the body supplied by the systemic circulation. To gain an understanding of the sensory environment that would be experienced by a robot burrowing through the ground, the factors affecting transport of chemical vapour through soil were investigated. The remains were often found fragmented, mixed with soil and honeycombed with burrows, so making it difficult to assess objectively how much of the original pat remained. She hoped the coating would deter not only the damp but also the paper-eating, burrowing insects eager to consume these vestiges of the past and home. The transects were subdivided into sequential 2-m x 2-m sections within which the numbers of burrows and plants were determined and analysed using correlation. A set of four burrows was generally sited under a single tree with their blind ends touching each other and their openings facing, approximately, north, south, east and west. When it was found that tsetse only deposited larvae in artificial burrows located under shady trees, an effort was made to improve the burrows by intensifying the shade over them. Artificial warthog burrows provide a convenient way of studying the puparial stage in tsetse and for the first time facilitate the capture of females as they deposit their larvae. However, neither the actual position of the spreiten nor the colonization periods, derived from assumed burrowing depths of 50-100 cm, correspond to any physical or chemical sedimentary parameters. Whereas such reductions likely prolong the process of burrowing, it is questionable whether they will prevent the animal from burrowing altogether unless in the most extreme cases. Most invertebrates of soft-sediment shores live either freely burrowed into the sediments or construct more or less permanent tubes, relying mainly on surface water for oxygen. Paired-samples t-tests were used to compare densities of both plants and burrows in the first half (crabless zone side) and the second half (crab zone side) for the five transects. There is little information on the distribution of the burrowing bird species on the island, so their inputs could not be separated into coastal and inland areas. A few human bones were also found in the upper levels of the fill, but these belong to the secondary burial, they were probably displaced by burrowing rodents. The table shows the results, and it is seen that in both species more larvae burrowed in coarse than in fine sand, and more in sand than in wood ash. Given the use of warthog burrows as deposition sites it seemed that it might be possible to simplify the study, and collection, of tsetse puparia by constructing artificial burrows. Both vertical and horizontal sand-filled burrows occur, and range from 2 to 10 mm across, and there are also sand-lined vertical burrows up to 10 mm in diameter. The diverse lizards include three genera of skinks and two anguimorphs which range in habit from a small worm-like, probably burrowing, skink to a large predatory monitor. There was one old man who was found quite recently living for shelter in a hole that he burrowed in a haystack. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they suggest that we should spend some £30,000,000 or £40,000,000 in burrowing under it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not to go burrowing like a mole under the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that scabies is a skin condition produced by the burrowing into the skin of a parasite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The burrows are then stopped, gassed and destroyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know what they are deliberating; they are burrowing away and, no doubt, will produce recommendations of the most startling and valuable character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We burrowed away, and the conclusions that we reached are spelt out in the latter half of the report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Conversely, badgers often occupy earths, drains and burrows used by foxes and by rabbits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Immediately these men were burrowing into every aspect of his house, opening doors and cupboards and overturning beds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them wend a lot of the winter burrowing under the snow trying to find turnips. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said then that we in this country were burrowing about like moles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The use of poisons other than gas to control rabbits and foxes in their burrows or earths is illegal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Burrowing in the drawer and in the cupboard of the victim's room is found an old diary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are burrowing for false impressions in a world of their own—the world of illusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my neighbourhood the offender is very often the landlord, because the rabbit burrows are in the woods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my experience, they do not share the same burrows as badgers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already mentioned foxes' earths, drains and rabbit burrows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was not satisfied, and, like a terrier, went on burrowing until he found out how it could be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seems to consider that burrowing underground is worth spending money on regardless of what is brought out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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