So thank you limpets. Thank you, deformed photons.

所以谢谢你贝。谢谢你，变形的光。

Well, limpet teeth contain goethite, a crystalline form of iron, oxygen, and hydrogen.

好吧，贝牙齿含有针铁矿， 一种铁、氧和氢的结晶形式。

Nobby clung on like a limpet to a rock.

诺比像瘸一样紧紧抓住岩石。

I bet this whole HILL is made out of limpets.

我打赌这整个山丘都是用做的。

" EVERYBODY IS ON LIMPET RATIONS FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS" .

" 在接下来的三周里，每个人都在配给贝。"

After about ten minutes of shoveling, they hit on an underground cache of limpet shells.

在铲了大约10分钟后，他们发现了一处地下藏匿的贝。

I bet this whole ISLAND is made out of limpets.

我打赌整个岛都是用做的。

Longer at-sea times means barnacles, limpets, and mussels can establish colonies that can span multiple generations.

更长的海上时间意味藤壶、贝和贻贝可以建立跨越多代的群体。

The most gigantic limpet shell anyone had ever seen.

这是人们见过的最大的贝。

Limpets are a bit like worms and a bit like snot and a lot less tasty than either.

贝有点像蠕虫，有点像鼻涕，味道比这两者都差得多。

Now, we get a lot of jargon here, we get another passive voice, were coupled to and then keyhole limpet.

现在，我们在这里得到很多行话，我们得到另一个被动语态，被耦到，然后是 keyhole 贝。

" Useless, " said Hiccup, staring at the limpet.

" 没用，" 卡嗝盯说。

" It's the most enormous limpet I've ever seen, " said Fishlegs in awe.

" 这是我见过的最大的贝，" 小鱼腿敬畏地说。

For years they had had to exist on shellfish, the limpet in particular because it was so plentiful.

多年来，它们不得不以贝类为生，特别是贝，因为它的数量太多了。

I clung to the office with the true limpet touch for many long months, but, alas, I was combed out at last.

我以真正的贝触感紧紧抓住办公室好几个月， 但是，唉，我终于精疲力尽了。

All around there were crazy towers of limpet shells stacked up in piles perilously high, like so many fantastic sculptures.

四周是一座座疯狂的贝塔，堆放在危险的高处，就像许多奇妙的雕塑一样。

But it turns out that the tiny teeth of the common limpet -- an aquatic snail found in rock pools around the world -- are even stronger.

但事实证明， 普通贝— — 一种在世界各地的岩石池中发现的水生蜗牛— —的细小牙齿甚至更强壮。

He put them on limpet rations for the next three weeks, and said the next time anything like this happened they would be expelled from the Program.

他让他们在接下来的三周里实行状配给，并表示下次发生类似的事情时，他们将被驱逐出该计划。

But as a limpet grows, goethite forms into especially compact, highly resilient, curved filaments that make it stronger than anything else in nature… that we know of.

但随贝的生长， 针铁矿会形成特别紧凑、高弹性、弯曲的细丝，使其比自然界中的任何其他东西都要坚固… … 据我们所知。

I continued three days feeding on oysters and limpets, to save my own provisions; and I fortunately found a brook of excellent water, which gave me great relief.

我连续三天以牡蛎和贝为食，以节省我自己的食物。我幸运地找到了一条好水的溪流，这让我松了一口气。