Butterfly Insights

时间：2012-09-20 02:52:37

（单词翻译:单击）

A marvelous（了不起的） lesson appeared for me just now as I was exiting through the garage.  
 
As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth1, which, upon spreading its wings, displayed a bright red "tail" hidden by the motley（杂色的） brown wings, more a "butterfly" than a moth（蛾）. 
 
It flew immediately to its perceived escape, the circle-topped window where it frantically2 tried to exit thru the invisible wall of closed glass. 
 
I raised the third-car garage door in hopes of aiding its escape. That caused it to fly higher and higher and become entangled3 in a spider web. Fearful that it would remain entangled in the web, I selected a long-handled broom to assist him escaping the tangled4 threads. 
 
At this, he returned to furiously pumping his wings and banging into the glass, which was, in his perspective, the pathway of escape, but remained his cage. 
 
By simply turning his focus to one side, he would have easily exited his prison. Rather, due to his intent on one direction, he remained confined, captive.

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1 moth a10y1     
n.蛾，蛀虫
参考例句：
  • A moth was fluttering round the lamp.有一只蛾子扑打着翅膀绕着灯飞。
  • The sweater is moth-eaten.毛衣让蛀虫咬坏了。
2 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句：
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
3 entangled e3d30c3c857155b7a602a9ac53ade890     
adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
  • Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

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