And Darwin said, " No, I'm sure that there is an insect somewhere with a proboscis long enough to pollinate that star orchid."

而达尔文说，“不，我相信世上有某种吸管足够长的昆虫，可以为这株彗星兰授粉。”

That proboscis though keeps going into the dermis, since the epidermis just gets oxygen from the air and doesn't have its own blood supply, whereas the dermis does, and this is what our mosquito's after, right, the blood meal.

但蚊子的喙一直刺入真皮，因为表皮只是从空气中获取氧气，不真皮有血液供应；这就是蚊子的目标：血液大餐。

He has two large tusks, which form the ivory of commerce, and a trunk, or proboscis, at the end of the nose, which he uses to take his food with, and for attack or defense.

它有两颗大牙，因了象牙贸易，大象用长鼻取得食物、攻击和防卫。

Take the proboscis monkey for example — known for its extra-long nose or the spider monkey with extremely long limbs and a tail.

以长鼻猴为例——它的鼻子特别长。或者是有着非常长的四肢和尾巴的蛛猴。

They're tiny. They're really long legs, but then they also have a long proboscis or long mouth part.

它们很小。有着很长的腿, 但它们的鼻子或嘴的部分也很长。

A male proboscis monkey's huge nose acts like a microphone. It makes the monkey's call sound louder.

雄性长鼻猴的大鼻子作用克风，能让它的叫声听起来更响亮。

Since the proboscis goes through both the epidermal and dermal layers, the cells in those layers are susceptible to infection by Zika virus.

因为喙穿过了表皮和真皮层，这些皮层中的细胞就容易受到寨卡病毒的感染。

When Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus, both species of Aedes mosquito, lands on your skin and sticks in it's long nose—or proboscis, it pierces the epidermis which is the topmost layer, composed almost entirely of keratinocytes.

当伊蚊属的埃及伊蚊或白纹伊蚊落在你的皮肤上并刺入她的长鼻子——或者说喙时，它会刺穿最上层的表皮；该层几乎完全由角质细胞组。

So over time, as the moth developed a longer proboscis, so the plant developed a longer spur.

随着时间推移，飞蛾的吸管变得越来越长，彗星兰的花距也变得越来越长。

In this case, it reconfigures into a new shape called the proboscis.

在这种情况下，它重新配置一新的状，称为长鼻态。

But early angiosperms didn't have the reproductive structures that made a long proboscis necessary.

但早期的被子植物并没有那种需要长口器的生殖结构。

Or, again, why has not any member of the group acquired a long proboscis?

或者，再一次，为什么没有任何员获得长长的长鼻？

Maybe Size really does matter, at least in the proboscis world.

也许尺寸确实很重要，至少在长鼻的世界里是如。

Insects of the Lepidoptera order— butterflies and moths— keep their proboscises rolled up tightly beneath their heads when they’re not feeding and unfurl them when they come across some sweet nectar.

鳞翅目昆虫——蝴蝶和飞蛾——在不进食时将它们的长鼻紧紧地卷在头下，并在遇到甜美的花蜜时展开它们。

This moth has a proboscis that normally is in a butterfly or any moth or stuff like that it will actually wad up like that when they're flying around.

这种蛾子有一喙，通常蝴蝶或任何蛾子都有这样的结构，它们飞行时会把喙卷起来。

We learned about the elephant seal, that the males of the elephant seal give the seal its name because they have a nose, sometimes called a proboscis.

我们了解到， 象海豹之所以得名， 是因为雄性象海豹拥有一鼻子，有时也称为象鼻（proboscis）， 正是这特征赋予了海豹其名称。

The insect stretches the skin of its prey before biting and vibrates its proboscis as it pushes it in.

这种昆虫在咬之前会拉伸猎物的皮肤，并在其刺入时振动它的口器。

. . .to keep your handsome young proboscis out of the dirt.

别沾染那些下流的事。

But early angiosperms didn’t have the reproductive structures that made a long proboscis necessary.

但早期的被子植物不具备 需要长喙的生殖结构。

Don't worry, the male proboscis IS the father;  the baby will change color in 3 to 4 months.

别担心，雄性的长鼻就是父亲；宝宝3到4月后就会变色。