termites

How much damage can these termites do, and when does it get serious?

这些蛀虫会带来什么样的损害，而这些损害什么时候会变得严重呢？

Then he began to spoon termites into his mouth.

然后它开始往口中舀白蚁。

Boric acid has been used to kill other insects including cockroaches, termites and ants inside homes since the middle of last century.

自上世纪中期以来，硼酸就一直被用来消灭家中的蟑螂，白蚁和蚂蚁等昆虫。

Like termites chewing away at the foundation of a strong building, doubt can undermine our strongest beliefs.

就像啃食大厦基座的白蚁，怀疑会暗中破坏我们最坚定的信仰。

Again, someone wants to take another challenge for the power of termites, has another gadget made of wood.

有人又用木头做了个小玩意儿，准备再次接受白蚁的挑战。

Another factor was that many of the firm's shareholders are short-termites, who were scared away by lowered revenue and profit forecasts.

另一方面，惠普的很多股东都是短期投资人，他们被低收入以及低利率前景吓到了。

As well as eating fruits, leaves, and termites, chimps also occasionally eat small monkeys when fortunate enough to get their hands on them.

除了果子、树叶、蚂蚁之外，大猩猩偶尔也会吃小猴子，只要它们够幸运能捉住。

Every year the classrooms have to be reconstructed by the community members owing to the large presence of termites.

由于白蚁的侵蚀，当地的社区成员每年不得不把学校重修一遍。

The question is whether public will can be harnessed to overcome the financial industry termites that infest every corner of the capital.

问题是是否能把公众调动起来一起消灭金融界白蚁。这些白蚁爬满了国会的每一个角落。

Without a qualified professional review, and no unit or individual shall undertake housing construction termites prevention works.

未经资质审查合格，任何单位和个人均不得承接房屋建筑白蚁预防工程。

His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soaked in creosote to keep the termites out.

他最初的家由铁路枕木搭起的棚屋，为了防白蚁，只能拿木馏油浸泡这些木头。

A sexually undeveloped form of certain ants and termites, having large heads and powerful jaws specialized to serve as fighting weapons.

性发育不完全的某种蚂蚁和白蚁，头很大且颚有力，作为打架的武器

The best situation is to detect termites without destroying historical buildings and without frightening away termites.

在减少破坏古迹、不惊走白蚁的条件下，找出白蚁活动位置。

Termites are beginning to nibble at the planks.

而现在这个基石开始被逐渐侵蚀了。

on the land , insects like termites have tame bacteria living in their gut to digest wood , and slime moulds can engulf bacteria whole.

在陆地上，昆虫类，如白蚁，它们内脏里寄生有驯养的细菌用以消化木材，而粘液霉则可以把细菌整个吞没。

Assumptions are the termites of relationships---Henry Franklin Winkler, American actor, director, producer, and author.

设想是（破坏）关系的白蚁---亨利。富兰克林。温克勒，美国演员、导演、制片人和作家。

He has made his way through 66 different conutries, dining on roast termites and other strange dishes.

他去过66个不同的国家，吃过烤白蚁还有其它奇怪的菜肴。

determined who was the responsible party; termites were responsible for the damage.

确定谁是应负责的人；白蚁是这个损害的原因。

But termites are in the woodwork, as Charles Schultze, a former White House official, once put it.

但正如一位白宫前官员查理•舒尔茨说的，白蚁已经成了木制品里的蛀虫。

The Barbadian snake apparently eats termites and insect larvae, but nothing is yet known of its ecology and behavior.

这条巴巴多斯蛇以白蚁和昆虫幼虫为食，但对于它的生态学和行为学的了解还一无所获。