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

它几乎就像一个保护甲壳覆盖在聚合物表面上。

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

最外层皮肤细胞长成鳞甲，将背甲覆盖住。

Eventually, these connect to the carapace by sutures.

并最终与背甲边缘连接起来。

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

在缅因州，你不能捕捉甲壳长度超过五英寸。

A ring of bone solidifies the carapace’s edges.

一圈骨头巩固了甲壳边缘。

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

到了平安夜，我已练就了一副坚硬外壳，像甲壳类动物一样。

And it becomes a sort of protective carapace, too.

它也成为一种保护甲壳。

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

名叫 Puentemys 海龟，其甲壳宽约 1 米半。

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

一只和直升机般大蜜蜂在你附近着陆，它毛茸茸甲壳随着翼拍振动，地面震动。

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

这种海龟龟甲上布满一层层很薄，透明，褐色，带有白色、黄色斑点角质骨片，这它们变得更为珍贵。

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.

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

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爬行动物是很困难，因为稍微有动静，它们就会醒过来，且它们坚硬甲壳不怕鱼叉攻击。

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金属外壳交谈似。

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.

可他咒骂撞在对方厚重蒙昧甲壳上，又蹦了回来。那些人盯着他，目光茫然，表现了迟钝阴沉仇恨。

Named Desmatochelys Padillal, it was six feet long and had the characteristic features of modern sea turtles, including a carapace or top shell and paddle-like limbs.

被命名为 Desmatochelys Padillal 这种海龟长约六英尺，具有现代海龟特征，包括背甲和桨状肢体。

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

一上了小艇，各人有艇上水手帮助，解开了沉重铜脑盖。

The turtles saw them, approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all.

海龟发现了它们，就从正面向它们逼，然后闭上了眼睛，这样，从头到尾完全被龟背所保护着，把它们连同触须一并吃掉。

Leatherback and softshell turtles have shells without the ring of bone around the edge of the carapace or the tough scutes covering it, making it easier for them to squeeze into tight spaces.

棱皮龟和软壳龟背甲没有边缘骨环或坚硬盾片覆盖，这得它们更容易挤狭小空间。