Light pollution Flashcards
creature ( /ˈkriː.tʃɚ/)
Rainforests are filled with amazing creatures.
any large or small living thing that can move independently:
diurnal (/ˌdaɪˈɜː.nəl/)
diurnal activity
diurnal creatures
we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun’s light.
> <nocturnal (/nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/)
Most bats are nocturnal.
1) being active or happening during the day rather than at night:
2)being active or happening at night rather than during the day:
radically (/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl.i/ U)
The accident radically changed the course of his life.
Our approach is radically different to that of our competitors.
completely or extremely:
primates /ˈpraɪ.meɪt/ /
This is a basic evolutionary fact, even though most of us don’t think of ourselves as diurnal beings any more than we think of ourselves as primates or mammals, or Earthlings
a member of the most developed and intelligent group of mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes (linh trưởng)
damming a river
a wall built across a river that stops the river’s flow and collects the water, especially to make a reservoir (= an artificial lake) that provides water for an area:
1__light (something) up>/
UK /laɪt/ US /laɪt/
pp__lit or lighted | lit or lighted
2_light up»Rosa’s face lit up when she saw the dog.
3_light up something»When I’d say there was a letter for him you could see his eyes light up.
1)and 2 __If your face or eyes light up, or if a smile lights up your face, you suddenly look happy
3)to make something bright or shiny/to start something burning
astonishing (/əˈstɒn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/)
Her first novel enjoyed an astonishing success.
Among mammals alone, the number of nocturnal species is astonishing
very surprising:
disproportionately (ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔː.ʃən.ət.li/)
The burden of price increases is borne disproportionately by the poor.
in a way that is too large or too small in relation to something else:
be apt to do something/be apt to be something
The kitchen roof is apt to (= likely to) leak when it rains.
Migrating at night, birds are apt to collide with brightly lit tall buildings; immature birds on their first journey suffer disproportionately.
to be likely to do something or to often do something:
collide /kəˈlaɪd/
The two vans collided at the crossroads.
(especially of moving objects) to hit something violently: (va đập)
cluster /ˈklʌs.tər/
There was a cluster of fans around him, asking for autographs.
Insects cluster around streetlights
a group of similar things that are close together, sometimes surrounding something:
ingrained
adjective
UK /ɪnˈɡreɪnd/
insects, of course, cluster around streetlights, and feeding at those insect clusters is now ingrained in the lives of many bat species
of beliefs, attitudes, or habits) so established that they are difficult to change: (ăn sâu vào)
tất nhiên, côn trùng tập trung xung quanh đèn đường và việc kiếm ăn ở những cụm côn trùng đó hiện đã ăn sâu vào đời sống của nhiều loài dơi
vanish — /ˈvæn.ɪʃ/
The child vanished while on her way home from school.
the European lesser horseshoe bat began to vanish after streetlights were installed, perhaps because those valleys were suddenly filled with light-feeding pipistrelle bats
to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way:
Ở một số thung lũng của Thụy Sĩ, loài dơi móng ngựa nhỏ hơn ở châu Âu bắt đầu biến mất sau khi lắp đặt đèn đường, có lẽ vì những thung lũng đó đột nhiên tràn ngập loài dơi ống hút ánh sáng
cautiously (/ˈkɔː.ʃəs.li)
He moved slowly and cautiously along the dark rocky path.
They are more cautiously under the permanent full moon of light pollution.
in a careful and well-considered way that avoids risk:
nightingales (/ˈnaɪ.tɪŋ.ɡeɪl/)
blackbirds
swan
We took some bread to feed the swans.
nightingales, blackbirds and swans all are my favorite birds
- Chim sơn ca» a small, brown European bird known especially for the beautiful song of the male, usually heard during the night
- Chim họa mi»a European bird, the male of which has black feathers and a bright yellow beak
- Thiên nga>a large, usually white bird with a long neck that lives on rivers and lakes: