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（单词翻译）

 As soon as she feels it is safe, she settles to suckle and reassure1 them. 

 
Bison can shrug2 off this sudden change in the weather; they are after all built to survive the Yellowstone winter.
 
But this tiny hummingbird3 is more vulnerable. Flowers damaged by snow will die, and the nectar the hummingbird needs goes with them. Hummingbirds4 must be resourceful to survive.
 
Bark wells dug by a sapsucker, a type of woodpecker, quickly fill with / sugar-rich sap as soon as the warm weather returns.
 
A little pilfering5 provides this hummingbird with the energy it needs until the new flower buds open. 
 
Summer moves quickly. By late June, the blizzards6 of a few weeks before seem/ a distant memory.
 
At last the summer is well enough established for this hummingbird to take the plunge7 and raise a brood.

 


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1 reassure 9TgxW     
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
  • This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
  • The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。
2 shrug Ry3w5     
v.耸肩(表示怀疑、冷漠、不知等)
参考例句：
  • With a shrug,he went out of the room.他耸一下肩，走出了房间。
  • I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.我很佩服她能对错误的批评意见不予理会。
3 hummingbird BcjxW     
n.蜂鸟
参考例句：
  • The hummingbird perches on a twig of the hawthorn.小蜂鸟栖在山楂树枝上。
  • The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward.蜂鸟是唯一能倒退向后飞的鸟。
4 hummingbirds 86894f7ac4de81bc2d81331e9759a43b     
n.蜂鸟( hummingbird的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious. 蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
  • Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones? 为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨？
5 pilfering 0b02d36f000e8266b62a74801aec6a11     
v.偷窃（小东西），小偷( pilfer的现在分词 )；偷窃（一般指小偷小摸）
参考例句：
  • He was caught pilfering. 他行窃时被抓个正着。
  • Pilfering has stopped entirely since they put Angus in charge of the stores. 自从他们让安格斯掌管商店以来，小偷小摸就杜绝了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 blizzards 1471207223cd592610a59597189c4c03     
暴风雪( blizzard的名词复数 )； 暴风雪似的一阵，大量（或大批）
参考例句：
  • Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我们也可能受到暴风雪的袭击。
  • Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大风雪袭击英国已进入第三天。
7 plunge 228zO     
v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲
参考例句：
  • Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
  • That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

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