The glowworms use light to attract prey and burn off waste.

这些萤火虫捕猎燃烧残余。

Despite its name, a glowworm is actually a type of what?

不考虑名字，萤火虫实际上是哪一类昆虫？

" Ah—glowworms, " said Wildeve. " Wait a minute. We can continue the game."

“啊——萤火虫，”韦狄说。“等一等。我们可以继续玩下去了。”

However, near midnight it disappeared, or to use a more appropriate expression, it went out, like a huge glowworm.

不过，快到半夜的时候，它不见了，或用一句更确的话说，它像一只大萤火虫一样不了。

" Hang the glowworms—they are going out. Why don't you burn, you little fools? Stir them up with a thorn."

“该死的萤火虫——它们快没有了。你们这些小笨蛋，为什么不了？拿一根棘刺搅它们一下。”

The glow is created by a combination of chemicals given off by the glowworm and the oxygen in the air.

亮由萤火虫自身产生的化学物气中的氧气结合而成。

That makes them perfect to see the work of glowworms which uses their light to attract a mate or attract a meal.

这些洞穴成了观赏萤火虫的绝佳之地，这些萤火虫吸引配偶或者捕食。

He probed the glowworms with a bit of stick, and rolled them over, till the bright side of their tails was upwards.

他用一小截木棍捣那些萤火虫，把它们翻过身来，尾巴亮的一边都朝上。

Venn sat still, and his companion went hither and thither till he had gathered thirteen glowworms—as many as he could find in a space of four or five minutes—upon a fox-glove leaf which he pulled for the purpose.

维恩一动不动坐在那儿，他的同伴跑这边，奔那边，捉到了十三个萤火虫——这是他四五分钟工夫里费尽力气捉到的——把它们放在一片特地扯下来的洋地黄草叶上。

And shaking the glowworms from the leaf he ranged them with a trembling hand in a circle on the stone, leaving a space in the middle for the descent of the dice-box, over which the thirteen tiny lamps threw a pale phosphoric shine.

他把萤火虫从草叶上抖落下来，用哆嗦的手把它们在石板上围成一个圈，中间留出一块间好放骰子盒，十三盏小灯射出磷火一般的淡，照在上面。