Fireflies use bioluminescent flashes to signal a mate.

使用生物荧光发配偶信号。

Perhaps it's a big firefly, said another.

“或许，它是一只大。”又传来另外一个人声音。

And at night the firefly flits to and fro, shining like a tiny star.

晚上时候，飞来飞去，就像一颗亮晶晶星星。

It's like looking for a firefly next to stadium floodlights.

这就像在体育场泛光灯下寻找一只。

Immature fireflies also tend to glow when they're disturbed.

年幼受到惊扰时，也常常会发光。

Seeing an exoplanet next to its parent star is like trying to image a firefly next to a search light, the searchlight being the star.

测母星周围外星行星就像拍摄探照灯附近一样，这里探照灯就相当于母星。

Blue Ghost is named after a rare kind of firefly found in the U.S.

“蓝色幽灵”是以美国发现一种罕见命名。

When I was young, I loved to chase fireflies in the field.

时候，我喜欢在田野上追逐。

On land, fireflies dance with glowing abdomens as part of courtship rituals, while some fungi, such as the honey mushroom, contribute an eerie glow in forests, and are known as 'ghost mushrooms' in some cultures.

在陆地上，用发光腹部跳舞作为求爱仪式一部分，而一些真菌，如蜜菇，在森林中发怪异光芒，在一些文化中被称为“鬼蘑菇”。

Here it is again seen pretty clearly in the linguistic divide in the country between those who are more likely to refer to this insect as a firefly or a lightning bug.

这里通过该国语言差异，将这种昆分别称为 firefly 和 lightning bug，我们再次可以很清楚地看区别。

His audience heard him with varying emotions, for all who sat there rocking quietly in the fading twilight, watching the first fireflies of the season moving magically through the dusk, had weighty matters on their minds.

听他谈论听众坐在逐渐朦胧暮色中轻轻摇动着，看着夏季第一批迎着昏暗奇妙地飞来飞去，但他们都满怀沉重心事，情绪也在不断变化。

To my ears the torch hissed louder than a steam locomotive, and when he used it to cut through steel, it blew off thousands of tiny pieces of molten metal that swarmed around him like angry fireflies.

在我听来，那乙炔炬发割声比蒸汽机车头发声音还要大，当他用它割钢材时，无数熔化了金属粉末状液滴喷射来，在他周围飞溅，就像一群愤怒。

The same muscles you might use to pluck an eyebrow, or catch a firefly, or cuddle a kitten, can, in other circumstances, crush cans, punch holes in walls, or do a bunch of push-ups.

你可能用来拔眉毛、抓或拥抱猫肌肉，在其他情况下，可以压碎罐头、在墙上打洞或做一堆俯卧撑。

A firefly for night vision, red coral to help with your blood, and little old me for the most important organ of all, the powerful human brain.

吃能提升夜视能力，吃红珊瑚对血液有益，而核桃则能帮助最重要器官，人类强大大脑。

" At dusk, people will also see birds of more than 100 species flying back to nests at the park, which is a rare scene, and fireflies after rain."

" 黄昏时分，人们还将观看 100 多种鸟类飞回公园巢穴，这是一个罕见场景，还有雨后。"

As Snow White and the seven dwarves made their way through the dark forest, a few fireflies came to them and lit the way.

当白雪公主和七个矮人穿过黑暗森林时，几只来到他们身边，照亮了道路。

Green fireflies spattered lights across the air and illumined for seconds, now here, now there, the pale trunks of enormous, solitary trees.

绿莹莹在空中闪光亮，一会儿这里照亮一下，一会儿那里照亮一下幽木巨树暗淡树干。

Please hire me after you. No, hire me. They were a head of a herring, a tree fragment and a firefly.

你退休以后，请雇佣我吧。不，雇用我吧。说话是一个鲱鱼头，一段乔木片和一只。

The first time I visited the fireflies, I didn't have the pressure of trying to capture and convey this wondrous scene.

我第一次看见这些时，并没有要捕捉与传达这个奇妙景象压力。

I've heard tree frogs in an orchestration as complicated as Bach singing in a forest lit by a million emerald fireflies.

我听过树蛙此起彼伏鸣唱，交织成堪比巴赫乐曲般繁复自然乐章，整片森林都被万千晕染成翠绿微光。