1·Merian started raising insects at home, mostly butterflies and caterpillars.
梅里安开始在家里饲养昆虫，主要饲养蝴蝶和毛毛虫。
2·Forest stands of red oaks, with their tannin-rich foliage, may even provide caterpillars with safe havens from disease.
红栎树的林分枝的叶子富含鞣酸，甚至可以为毛毛虫提供远离疾病的安全避难所。
3·When, in experiments, these caterpillars were fed milkweed leaves dusted with pollen from modified maize plants, they died.
在实验中，这些毛毛虫被喂食沾有转基因玉米花粉的马利筋叶子，然后它们死亡了。
4·When the caterpillar dies, the virions are released to the outside, encased in a new protein globule synthesized from the caterpillar's tissues and ready to be picked up by other caterpillars.
当毛毛虫死亡时，病毒粒子被释放到外面，被包裹在由毛毛虫的组织合成的新的蛋白质小球中，并准备被其他毛毛虫吸收。
5·Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant.
毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
—— 《牛津词典》