around the size of a domestic cat, it creeps around the rainforests of madagascar, drumming its fingers on tree trunks - up to 40 times a minute - listening for subtle variations in pitch.
指猴有家猫大小,爬行在马达加斯加的热带雨林附近,用手指在树干上发出击鼓声——高达每分钟40次——同时倾听音準的微妙变化。
munk says this makes sense, given the fact that many of the trees in the amazon rainforest have trunks covered in white lichens.
蒙克的依据是很有意义的,因为很多在亚马逊雨林的树干都覆盖着一层白色地衣。
the cypress trunks themselves brought to mind the sturdy legs of large dinosaurs.
柏树的巨大树干使我联想到大型恐龙粗壮的大腿。
they jab tree trunks to toughen their hands and practice squatting with other students sitting on their shoulders to build leg strength.
学生们猛击树干使手部变得坚韧,蹲站在其他同学的肩膀上强化腿部力量。
perhaps that is why long after we have climbed down their trunks we still gaze at trees in awe.
也许这就是为什么我们已经从树干爬下到地面上这么长时间了,还是会对树木产生敬畏之情。
the trees that surrendered to the winds of more than 200 miles per hour became weapons of destruction, the trunks crumpling cars and houses and the branches sailing off as missiles.
树木被时速大于200英里的飓风刮倒后又成了飓风继续破坏的武器。树干压坏汽车,推倒房屋,树枝像导弹一样横飞。
laughing, they run together into a stand of willows. their trunks are as gnarled as bonsai. long faintly glowing tendrils hang straight down in pastel curtains.
他们笑着,一起跑进一片柳树林中。这些柳树的树干盘根错杂,仿佛盆景一般。它们长长的卷须如帘子般垂下,发出轻柔的微光。
the cat also relies on long claws and highly flexible ankles to scramble among the trees - and even shimmy down tree trunks like a squirrel.
它们还依靠长长的爪子和高度灵活的踝关节在树与树之间攀爬,甚至还能像松鼠那样溜下树干。
most were young, with such spindly branches that they resembled bushes more than trees, but there were also a few specimens with trunks the width of fire hydrants.
那都是些小树,单薄的枝桠使它们看起来更像是灌木丛,但也有一些树干如消防栓粗细的标本树木。
the clogs were made in one piece of the trunks of walnut trees which formed a rectangle with its roots.
木底鞋用一整块根部呈长方形的胡桃树的树干制成。
green fireflies spattered lights across the air and illumined for seconds, now here, now there, the pale trunks of enormous, solitary trees.
绿莹莹的萤火虫在空中闪出光亮,一会儿这里照亮一下,一会儿那里照亮一下幽木巨树的暗淡的树干。
after an hour of hiking we hit a big blow-down area, with tree trunks scattered like pick-up sticks across the trail.
步行了一小时之后,我们来到了一个大树倒地的地方,横倒的树干像游戏棒一样散落在小道上。
it barely takes a minute to transform giant trunks into building material.
几乎不到一分钟,就将巨大的树干变成建材。
football-shaped pods —striped in yellow and green and orange and brown —jut out from the trunks and branches of the cacao trees.
足球形状的豆荚-带有黄、绿、橙、棕色的条纹-从可可树的树干和枝叶中伸展出来。