vocabulary
cloud of dust/smoke/gas etc: a mass of dust, smoke etc in the air, or a large number of insects flying together.
interstellar: happening or existing between starst.
stromatolite: 疊層石
mound: a pile of earth or stones that looks like a small hill./a large pile of something
photosynthesising bacteria: 光合細菌
intriguingly: something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected.
in question: the things, people etc in question are the ones that are being discussed.
? ? ? ? ? ?if something is in question, there is doubt about it.
swathe: a long thin area of something, especially land.
? ? ? ?swathe of…
? ? ? ?cut a swathe through something: to destroy a large or part of something.
hudson bay: 哈德森灣
lava: hot liquid that flows from a volcano, or this rock when it has become solid.
outcrop: a rock or group pf rock above the surface of this ground. 露頭
jasper: a red, yellow, or brown stone that is not very valuable. 碧玉
quartz: 石英砂
nodule: (尤指植物上的)節結，小瘤
micron: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. 微米
rostte-shaped: 玫瑰形
conclusive: showing something is definitely ture.
conclusive proof/evidence/findings etc.
hematite: 赤鐵礦
flament: 細絲
anchor: to fasten something firmly so that it cannot move.
be anchored in something: to be strongly connected with a particular system, way of life.
lump: a small piece of something solid, without a particular shape.
a lump in/to somebody’s throat: a feeling that you want to cry.
take your lump(AmE): to accept the bad things that happen and not let them affect you.
corkcrew: 螺旋
contend: to argue or stte that something is true. ? ?contend that
to compete against something in order to gain something. ? contend for
to have to deal with something difficult or unpleasant. ? ? contend with something
hydrothermal vent: 深海熱泉
plate tectonics: 板塊構造論
laden: heavily loaded with something, or containing a lot of something
having a lot of a particular quality, thing etc.
mineral-laden: 富含礦物質的
crenellated: 鈍鋸齒形的
spurt: if liquid or flames spurts from something, they come out of it quickly and suddenly.
coiled：圈狀的
branching: 分支的
remnant: a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten.
a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
a small piese of cloth left from a larger ad solid cheaply..
plausible: reasonable and likely to be true or successful
pore: one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant.
doubly: much more than usual
in two ways or for two reasons.
microscopic pore: 微孔
cell wall: 細胞壁
strike: the discovery of something valuzble under the ground
a conspious success
two/three strikes against somebody/something: a condition or situation thatmakes it extremely difficult for someone or something to be successful.
in somebody’s favour: is something is in someone’s favour, it gives them an advantage over someone else.
palaeobiologist: 古生物學家
well up: if a liquid wells or wells up, itcomes to the surface of something ans starts to flow out.
if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly.
crust: 外殼
one-off: something that is done or made only once.
confine something to something: to keep something within the limits of a particular activity or subject.
phrases
the signature of living organism. ?活體生物的跡象
that made him sit up: 這讓它為之一振
bear more than a passing resemblance: 有許多相似之處
well-preserved fossil remnants of these microbes: 保存完好的微生物遺跡
play host to life: 是生物體的寄主/生命體寄宿在…
fierce scrutiny: 嚴苛的檢查
convert sunlight into sugar: 把光轉化成糖
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