Eventually, these connect to the carapace by sutures.

并最终与背甲边缘连接起来。

So it becomes almost like a protective carapace over the surface of the polymer.

它几乎就像一个保护性的甲覆盖在聚合物的表面上。

The outer layer of skin cells produces the scales, known as scutes, that cover the carapace.

最外层的皮肤细胞长成鳞甲，将背甲覆盖住。

In the state of Maine you can't keep a lobster that's over five inches on the carapace.

在缅因州，你不能捕捉甲长度超过五英寸的龙虾。

And it didn't have a carapace It was a shell-less turtle!

且它没有甲 是一只无的乌龟！

I also saw immense carapaces more than fifteen feet in diameter.

我还看到了直径超过十五英尺的巨大甲。

Puentemys, that had a carapace some 1 and a half meters across.

叫 Puentemys 的海龟，甲宽约 1 米半。

A ring of bone solidifies the carapace’s edges.

一圈骨头巩固了甲的边缘。

And it becomes a sort of protective carapace, too.

它也成为一种保护性甲。

It's powerful, thick carapace was more than enough.

健厚实的甲已然绰绰有余。

By the time Christmas Eve arrived, I had grown a hard shell, a carapace.

平安夜到来时，我已经长出了一个坚硬的外，一个甲。

Back on board, the sailors helped divest us of our heavy copper carapaces.

一上了小艇，各人有艇上水手的帮助，解开了沉重的铜脑盖。

Like the leatherback, Archelon didn't have a hard upper shell, or carapace.

与棱皮龟一样，Archelon 没有坚硬的上或甲。

It guides the formation of the upper part of the turtle's shell, called the carapace, likely by attracting the cells that will become ribs.

它主导了称为背甲的海龟之背的形成，可能脊椎通过吸引肋骨细胞逐渐结合在一起形成。

A bee the size of a helicopter lands near you, making the ground shake, as its hairy carapace vibrates with each wingbeat.

一只和直升机般大的蜜蜂在你附近着陆，它毛茸茸的甲随着翼拍振动，进使地面震动。

Conseil and I stayed next to each other, as if daydreaming that through our metal carapaces, a little polite conversation might still be possible!

康塞尔和我，彼此紧挨着，好像我们可以通过我们的金属外交谈似的。

The insults bounced off their carapace of thick stupidity; they stared at him with a blank expression of dull and sullen resentment in their eyes.

可他的咒骂撞在对方厚重的蒙昧的甲上，又蹦了回来。那些人盯着他，目光茫然，表现了迟钝阴沉的仇恨。

Two stories tall, and thirty meters long, with rocky, stone-like carapaces, each scale the size of half a person.

高达两层楼，长达三十米，背甲如岩石般坚硬，每片鳞甲都有半个人大小。

They're extremely valuable because of their carapaces, which are covered with big slabs of horn, thin, brown, transparent, with white and yellow markings.

这种海龟的龟甲上布满一层层很薄，透明，褐色，带有白色、黄色斑点的角质骨片，这使它们变得更为珍贵。

It would have been difficult to capture these valuable reptiles, because they wake up at the slightest sound, and their solid carapaces are harpoon-proof.

但要想捉到这些珍贵的爬行动物是很困难的，因为稍微有动静，它们就会醒过来，且它们坚硬的甲不怕鱼叉攻击。