It gives the petal an iridescence, to attract passing insects.

使花瓣显得色彩斑斓，引得往来昆虫为之驻足。

《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》

And it wasn't random. Many used a different specific color to attract insects.

花的颜色并非随机而来，许多花都会利用不同的颜色去吸引昆虫。

《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》

We'll have to eat wild fruit and berries. And we'll have to eat insects and slugs.

看来我们只能靠吃野果和野莓为生了。我们还可以靠吃虫子还有鼻涕虫。

《Peppa Pig Season 2》《粉红猪小妹 第二季》

Instead it was reliable. Insects carried pollen directly to other plants. It was the birth of flowers.

昆虫传粉则非常可靠，因为它们直接把花粉传到另一株植物那里，这就是花的诞生。

《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》

Oh, tweets about my lecture. That's rather unfair. That's downright cruel. Plus, insects have six legs.

关于我的课的微薄啊，这条很不公平，这条太伤人了，而且，昆虫都有六条腿。

《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》

Her name is Celia. She's not a bug lady. She's curator of insects at the museum.

她叫希莉亚，不是昆虫女，她是昆虫博物馆的主任。

《Friends Season 1》《老友记第一季》

They became targets, using insects to transfer the right pollen to the right plant, even over great distances.

这样有的放矢，即使距离很远，昆虫也能够将花粉传递到与之匹配的花朵上。

《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》

The pesticide industry has had to develop this wide-ranging chemical arsenal because the insects have their own secret weapon, evolution.

杀虫剂产业必须发明各式各样的化学武器，因为昆虫也有它们的秘密武器，进化。

《America Revealed》《透视美国》

Young man, I've been studying insects since I was eight years old. You know what they used to call me in school? Creepy Crawley.

年轻人，我从8岁起就开始学习昆虫知识。知道上学时他们都叫我什么？爬虫克莱利。

《The Big Bang Theory Season 3》《生活大爆炸 第三季》

But, of course, the peacock can barely fly. It lives in the dirt, pecking insects out of the muck, consoling itself with its great beauty.

但是，孔雀终究无法飞翔，活在肮脏的环境，啄食秽物里的蛆虫，却还以华丽的美貌安慰自己。

《Westworld Season 1》《西部世界 第一季》

But unless you find a really big tree to sit under, amber preservation will likely remain the domain of insects and other very small animals.

但除非你找到一棵足够大的树，不然琥珀很可能只会保存昆虫和其他很小很小的动物尸体。

《TED-Ed》《TED教育》

Each type of flower that you see is using color in a struggle to get noticed by insects. And there isn't much time.

大家看到的各种花都是在用自身的颜色，去争奇斗艳 以吸引昆虫的注意，时间非常紧迫。

《How To Grow A Planet》《植物之歌》

And as long as we're talking about betraying our friends how about the month Sheldon spent grinding up insects and mixing them into Leonard's food?

既然我们谈到背叛朋友的事，何不说说谢尔顿曾经整个月都把虫子磨碎再混进莱纳德的食物里？

《The Big Bang Theory Season 4》《生活大爆炸 第四季》