Termites do not have an architect's blueprint or a grand construction scheme.

白蚁没有建筑师的蓝图，也没有宏伟的建筑计划。

A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees.

一种南美洲的鸟，倒挂在高大的树上，觅食有翼的白蚁和其他小昆虫。

Indirect collaboration is the key principle behind information-sharing websites, just as it underlies the complex constructions that termites build.

间接协作是信息共享网站背后的关键原则，就像它是白蚁构建的复杂结构的基础一样。

He complained that he had half the librarians he needed and termites had eaten much of the collection.

他抱怨说，他将他需要的图书管理员减少了一半，而且白蚁已经吃掉了很多藏书。

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

他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋，木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。

Termites are a gourmet treat in Africa.

白蚁是非洲人的美味佳肴。

A colony of termites invaded the new building.

一群白蚁侵袭了新大楼。

Then he began to spoon termites into his mouth.

然后它开始往口中舀白蚁。

Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.

白蚁在听重金属音乐时啃木头的速度是平时的两倍！

Termites are an important part of the diet of the nine-banded armadillo .

图片中的这个家伙是一只九带犰狳，白蚁是它最主要的食物。

"A mound is in many ways as alive as the termites that build it," says Turner.

特纳说：“一个白蚁丘在许多方面都是有机的，充满活力的。”

Three years earlier Jane had observed chimps fishing for termites with plant stems.

三年前珍妮发现大猩猩用植物茎吊食白蚁。

Termites ensure a similarly successful outcome using chemical signals called pheromones.

白蚁之间通过一种名为“信息素”的化学信号来保证巢穴的顺利完工。

Termites and other insects are its main food, because it cannot fight bigger animals.

白蚁和其他昆虫是它的主食，因为它打不过比它大的动物。

These individuals - called Termites, if you like bad puns - have been followed ever since.

这些人一直被跟踪观察——如果你喜欢恶搞的双关语，可称之为白蚁。

It was David Greybeard who Goodall later watched making that leafy tool to obtain termites.

古德后来观察到制造叶状工具捕食白蚁的就是白胡子大卫。

When three or four termites are collected together in a chamber they wander about aimlessly.

放在房间内的三四只白蚁会四处毫无目的地乱爬。

Inside these fortresses, the termites rear their young - and in some cases even grow their own crops.

白蚁们在堡垒中抚养着幼蚁，有时甚至在堡垒中种粮食。

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。

Chimpanzees show particular enthusiasm for collecting and eating termites, which have high measured levels of B12.

黑猩猩对搜集和吃白蚁特别有兴趣，而白蚁富含B12。

They are mostly insects, such as ants, bees and termites, but they also include spiders, mites and parts of plants.

大多说是昆虫，例如蚂蚁、蜜蜂和白蚁，但是也含有蜘蛛、螨和零碎的植物部分。

There is another kind of “termites” in our society. 2. “Termites” of a different kind can also be found in our society.

在我们的社会里, 则有另一种“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。

Little is known about D. dalaiensis at this point, but scientists say it may navigate by its nose to hunt for earthworms, ants, and termites.

在这一点上我们对d . dalaiensis知之甚少，但科学家说他可能利用嗅觉猎食蚯蚓、蚂蚁和白蚁。