16.It's early afternoon and I'm a bit peckish, so I'm about to grab a delicious snack that could improve my blood flow, boost my brain, and trim my waistline.
17.Alongside behavioral ecologist Steve Trumbo at the University of Connecticut, Sikes discovered that the better the beetles prove to be as parents, the better they are at concealing their crypt-turned-pantry from other creatures who might be feeling peckish.
18.So, I mentioned that some of us were " starving" and the rest of us were " peckish." " To be starving" (starving) means to be very hungry and to be " peckish" means that you're a little hungry.
所以,我提到我们中一些人正在“挨”,而我们其他人则“了”。 “to be starving”(饥)指非常饥,“peckish”指你有。机翻