At least one of those species, the mallard duck, has a particular fondness for fish eggs.

其中至少有种绿头鸭特别喜欢吃鱼卵。

Here in front of him was a wild mallard—just arrived from the home of the north wind.

此时，他眼前是只绿头鸭——刚从北风呼啸的家乡飞来。

Mallards landing, splashing on the water had her look up.

绿头鸭落地，溅起水花，让她抬起头来。

The Mallards are vociferous, waddling through the puddles.

绿头鸭大声喧哗，摇摇晃晃地穿过水坑。

So, Dwight gave me this wooden mallard as a gift.

所以, 德怀特给了我这只木头绿头鸭作为礼物。

Where did you get that mallard?

你从哪里得到那只绿头鸭?

Dwight, you brought the mallard back.

德怀特, 你把野鸭带回来了。

I inserted a listening device into the belly of the mallard.

我把个监听装置插入野鸭的肚子里。

Only this time the mallard skins the toad alive.

只不过这次, 野鸭把青蛙活活剥皮了。

We had not gone 50 yards when two mallards exploded out of some thick grass near the bank and started across the river.

还没走到50码，两只野鸭就从岸边的草丛中冲出，开始过河。

Among these are the mallard and the beautiful woodduck, now less common on account of being so often shot at.

其中包括野鸭和美丽的林鸭， 由于经常被枪击， 现在已经不那么常见了。

Of course I wanted Jim to find the mallard. Make him feel safe.

当然, 我希望到野鸭, 让他感到安全。

Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard.

有力而准备好的双手把他转了过来， 默默地、匆忙地将他送到了人行道上， 避免了这只受到威胁的绿头鸭的不光彩命运。

Because there is so many forced matings in several duck species, mallards being the most common example, females actually also have blind alleys that don't lead up to their ovaries and eggs.

因为在几种鸭种中有如此多的强迫交配，野鸭是最常见的例子，雌性实际上也有不通向卵巢和卵子的死胡同。

Images of two upside-down mallards and a rooster, whose plumage was painted with the typical vivid color known as Pompeiian red, also brightened the eatery and likely served to advertise the menu.

两只颠倒的野鸭和只公鸡的图像，它们的羽毛被涂上了典型的鲜艳颜色， 被称为庞贝红，也照亮了餐馆， 并可能用于为菜单做广告。

My Mallards theoretically should show signs of restlessness in the spring, even though they are not penned. All their kind are flying north. Night and day the V-formations pass over the grove.

从理论上讲，我的绿头鸭在春天应该表现出不安的迹象，即使它们没有被圈起来。他们所有的种类都在向北飞行。日日夜夜，V 队形穿过树林。

When my flock of Mallards has an unusually successful season, so that I am fairly over-run with ducks, and the feed-bill equals that of four mules, I am sometimes obliged to decimate their numbers.

当我的野鸭群有个异常成功的季节， 以至于我的鸭子相当多， 而且饲料费用等于四头骡子的饲料费用时， 我有时不得不减少它们的数量。

Yet in the face of my own prejudice, I am obliged to insist that my domesticated wild Mallards possess to the highest degree of any creatures I know, animal or human, an acutely conscious joie de vivre.

然而，面对我自己的偏见， 我不得不坚持认为， 我驯养的野鸭拥有我所知道的所有生物中最高程度的， 无论是动物还是人类， 种敏锐的生活乐趣。