One evening I chopped the basil stem too low and was left with a barren nub.

有一天傍晚，我把罗勒茎剪掉太多，最后只有光秃秃的残根。

Once she finds the perfect spot, she breaks off her wings — creating the stubs that establish her royal status.

一旦找到理后，就折断膀——生出作为标志的残根。

Wings snicked in to beetle stubs.

膀咬进了甲虫的残根。

Yet all snakes share a lizard ancestry, and some species like pythons and boas still have stubs where their back legs would have been, the last reminders of their four-legged ancestors.

然而，所有的蛇都有一个蜥蜴的祖先，一些物种，如蟒蛇和蟒蛇，在它们的后腿所在的地方仍然有残根，这是它们四条腿的祖先的最后提醒。