They've been called Shorts , due to their small stature but also their brief lifespans.

It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...

时值冬季，麻雀啄食着能够找到的任何东西。

Lifespans ranged from three years for the mice, to 23 or more for common backyard squirrels.

动物寿命从3年(老鼠)到23年甚至更多(普通的庭院松鼠).

Some of the gulls will actually go up to the owls and peck at them.

一些海鸥甚至敢冲到猫头鹰面前啄它们.

Breeders spread feed underfoot, hoping the little ones will peck at it and mouthsrainstorms.

这是喂火鸡者将食物洒在小火鸡脚下, 但愿它们啄食时发现的.

I take a peck at my neighbor paper.

我偷看隔壁的考卷.

The curriculum was challenging, and the professors were all lifers in the journalism field.

我们所学课程都是具有挑战性的.教授们全是新闻领域里干了一辈子的职业工作者.

It pecked his leg.

它啄了他的腿。

Mary just pecked at her food.

玛丽慢慢地吃她的食物.

The bird pecked at the bread crumbs.

鸟儿啄食面包屑.

The hen pecked at the corn.

母鸡啄食谷粒.

There was still time to break out life rafts.

还来得及准备好救生艇.

The hen pecked up the grains on the ground.

母鸡啄起地面上的谷粒.

The hen pecked the corn.

那只母鸡啄食玉米.

Many life forms require other life forms to live.

许多生命形式要求其他生命也活着.

Having finished the handful, the greedy bird pecked directly from the packet.

那黑鸟贪得无厌,直冲上前衔他那袋零食.

We have taken over the last pockets of primitive life-forms.

我们刚刚占领了,最后几个土著人的聚居点.

Chickens pecked in the dust.

鸡在尘土中啄食。

The bird pecked seeds out of the sunflower.

那只鸟用喙从向日葵中啄出种子.

The life forms most likely to develop on a planet would be bacteria.

行星上最容易生存下来的是细菌.

They also harbor exotic life-forms, far below the reach of sunlight.

他们心怀异国情调生活形式, 远远低于达到的阳光.