音标: 英 [ˈtʌsək] 美 [ˈtʌsək]
1. This is the dropping of a takahe and here, the severed stems of tussock grass on which it's been feeding.
这是南秧鸡的粪便 还有 这是被啄断的草茎 南秧鸡以此为食
2. Then the pools freeze over and the tussock has no fresh shoots, even if they could be reached beneath the snow.
那时池塘会结冰 积雪下面的草丛里 也不再有新鲜的嫩枝
3. So now these high empty valleys, only recently scraped down to the rock by glaciers, are the takahe's last refuge and there is little to eat up here, except tussock grass.
如今 这些近期由于冰川运动 形成的高海拔空谷 成了南秧鸡最后的庇护所 但这里没有多少食物 只有草丛