I'd like to put aside those bigger issues for a moment and focus on one small but often overlooked thing which these two great countries have in common: skunks. 我想暂时把这些大事放在一边,关注一下这两个伟大国家都有、虽然小但总被忽略的一样东西:臭鼬。
Skunks are omnivores with a natural diet including insects, fruits, nuts, mice and other small mammals. 臭鼬是一个自然派的饮食者,它们的食物包括有昆虫,水果,坚果,鼠和其他小型哺乳动物杂食动物。
I glanced at the empty water bowl. My memory flashed back to the five skunks that last week had torn the burlap from a leaking pipe in a frenzied effort to reach water during the final agonies of rabies. 我瞟了一眼空空的盛水的碗,我立刻想起了上周在从一个漏管子中咬破粗麻布挣扎着要到达水边的经历着最后痛苦的患狂犬病的五只臭鼬。
If eggs survive coons, skunks, and moles, hatchlings must still run a gantlet of crows, bullfrogs, and snakes. 即使龟蛋幸免于浣熊、臭鼬和鼬鼠之口,孵化出小海龟还要逃脱乌鸦、牛蛙和蛇的伤害。
This made me happy. I was especially happy to think that my neighbors among the skyscrapers of Beijing's gleaming new CBD include skunks and porcupines. 这让我感到非常高兴,特别是想到我在北京CBD闪亮崭新的摩天大楼里竟然还有黄鼠狼、刺猬这样的邻居。
Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia. 猫;狮子;老虎;豹子;狗;狐狸;豺;熊;浣熊;臭鼬;及鳍足亚目成员。
Badgers, wolverines, and skunks are also members of the weasel family, but are less similar. 獾、貂熊和臭鼬也是鼬科动物的成员,但是,没有那么相似。
In Canada the animals that most often transmit rabies are foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons. 在加拿大传播狂犬病的的动物主要是狐狸,臭鼬,蝙蝠和浣熊。
Some animals, such as skunks and foxes, are easy to film. 有些像鼬和狐狸这样的劝物很容易拍摄。
Skunks average around seven to8 lbs. 臭鼬平均重8磅。
Skunks are small, gentle animals with attractive black and white coats. 臭鼬是温顺的小动物,黑白色的皮毛魅力无穷。
Human rabies deaths following exposure to wild foxes, raccoons, skunks, jackals and wolves are very rare. 人类由于接触野狐狸、浣熊、臭鼬、豺和狼后患狂犬病死亡的情况极其少见。
I was a bit skeptical at first, but he insisted that both skunks and porcupines are plentiful, if not often seen by most visitors due to their nocturnal habits. 一开始,我有点不信,但他坚持说这里黄鼠狼和刺猬都很多,只是由于它们是夜行动物,大多数游客才看不到。
Well, what do we have here?@ sneered one of the skunks. 嗯,这家伙是从哪儿来的?其中一只臭鼬嘲弄着。
Slim swans and slender skunks swim in the slippery slime. 苗条的天鹅和纤细的臭鼬在滑滑的黏泥上游泳。
He opened his eyes and saw four skunks. 他睁开眼睛看到四只臭鼬。
We drove past several squashed skunks. 我们驶过一些压扁了的臭鼬。
Rabies can be carried by many wild animals, such as skunks and raccoons so bites from them to your pet should be treated seriously. 很多野生动物会携带狂犬病病毒,比如臭鼬和浣熊,因此如果你的宠物被这些动物咬伤,你要严肃对待。
Other possible carriers include cats, bats, raccoons, foxes, skunks and coyotes. 除狗只以外,猫只、蝙蝠、浣熊、狐狸、臭鼬及野狼都可传染疯狗症。