So it becomes almost like a protective carapace over the surface of the polymer.

它几乎就像一个保护性的壳覆盖在聚合物的表面上。

The outer layer of skin cells produces the scales, known as scutes, that cover the carapace.

最外层的皮肤细胞长成鳞，将背覆盖住。

Eventually, these connect to the carapace by sutures.

并最终与背边缘连接起来。

In the state of Maine you can't keep a lobster that's over five inches on the carapace.

在缅因州，你不能捕捉壳长度超过五英寸的龙虾。

A ring of bone solidifies the carapace’s edges.

一圈骨头巩固了壳的边缘。

By the time Christmas Eve arrived, I had grown a hard shell, a carapace.

到了平安夜，我已练就了一副坚硬的外壳，像壳类动物一样。

And it becomes a sort of protective carapace, too.

它也成为一种保护性壳。

They have this beetle-like carapace on their back.

它们背部有类似虫的硬壳。

Puentemys, that had a carapace some 1 and a half meters across.

名叫 Puentemys 的海龟，其壳宽约 1 米半。

A bee the size of a helicopter lands near you, making the ground shake, as its hairy carapace vibrates with each wingbeat.

一只和直升机般大的蜜蜂在你附近着陆，它毛茸茸的壳随着翼拍振动，进而使地面震动。

They're extremely valuable because of their carapaces, which are covered with big slabs of horn, thin, brown, transparent, with white and yellow markings.

这种海龟的龟上布满一层层很薄，透，，带有白、黄斑点的角质骨片，这使它们变得更为珍贵。

It guides the formation of the upper part of the turtle's shell, called the carapace, likely by attracting the cells that will become ribs.

它主导了称为背的海龟之背壳的形成，可能脊椎通过吸引肋骨细胞逐渐结合在一起而形成。

It would have been difficult to capture these valuable reptiles, because they wake up at the slightest sound, and their solid carapaces are harpoon-proof.

但要想捉到这些珍贵的爬行动物是很困难的，因为稍微有动静，它们就会醒过来，而且它们坚硬的壳不怕鱼叉攻击。

Conseil and I stayed next to each other, as if daydreaming that through our metal carapaces, a little polite conversation might still be possible!

康塞尔和我，彼此紧挨着，好像我们可以通过我们的金属外壳交谈似的。

The insults bounced off their carapace of thick stupidity; they stared at him with a blank expression of dull and sullen resentment in their eyes.

可他的咒骂撞在对方厚重的蒙昧的壳上，又蹦了回来。那些人盯着他，目光茫然，表现了迟钝而阴沉的仇恨。

Named Desmatochelys Padillal, it was six feet long and had the characteristic features of modern sea turtles, including a carapace or top shell and paddle-like limbs.

被命名为 Desmatochelys Padillal 的这种海龟长约六英尺，具有现代海龟的特征，包括背和桨状肢体。

Back on board, the sailors helped divest us of our heavy copper carapaces.

一上了小艇，各人有艇上水手的帮助，解开了沉重的铜脑盖。

The turtles saw them, approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all.

海龟发现了它们，就从正面向它们进逼，然后闭上了眼睛，这样，从头到尾完全被龟背所保护着，把它们连同触须一并吃掉。

Leatherback and softshell turtles have shells without the ring of bone around the edge of the carapace or the tough scutes covering it, making it easier for them to squeeze into tight spaces.

棱皮龟和软壳龟的背没有边缘的骨环或坚硬的盾片覆盖，这使得它们更容易挤进狭小的空间。