中英互译

a colony of ants

双语例句

A study of Central American leaf-cutter ants has shown that the younger and more vigorous members of the colony are given the toughest job of cutting through the leaves they harvest.
俄勒冈大学和俄勒冈州立大学的研究人员对中美洲的切叶蚁进行了研究，他们发现，蚁群中的年轻和精力充沛的成员被委派去做最艰难的工作——将蚁群收集起来的叶片切成碎片。这些身强力壮的切叶蚁用它们锐利的牙齿做起这种工作来很有效率，但是随着年龄的增长，它们的牙齿也会变得破旧而迟钝。
They are vulnerable to meat ants if the colony discovers there is a source of free food.
但是它们对于食肉蚂蚁来说很脆弱，假如蚁群发现有这么个免费食物来源的话。
They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
它们遭到了一大群蚂蚁的攻击，因为蚂蚁要从它们身上采集蜜露。