复数： barnacles
易混淆的单词： Barnacle

Barnacle glue is equally special .

同样，藤壶胶也很特别。

A barnacle that runs into the chemical finds it cannot bind as strongly to the surface .

研究者发现，遭遇本化学物质的藤壶不能如原先那样强烈的粘合在船体表面。

The proteins of barnacle glue , they discovered , are dominated by amino acids called proline and isoleucine .

他们发现，藤壶的蛋白质主要由被称为脯氨酸和异亮氨酸的两种氨基酸组成。

They also , according to hans elwing of the university of gothenburg , prevent barnacle colonies from taking hold by stunting their growth .

照gothenburg大学的hanselwing的说法，他们也能通过阻碍藤壶的正常生长来达到阻止其粘附的目的。

To others he is a barnacle that has fastened itself to the underside of our patent system so tenaciously that the most powerful corporations in the world cannot pry it off .

对另一方而言，他成了紧紧依附在美国专利制度下的藤壶，二者接合的太紧，甚至连世界上最有权势的公司也奈何它不得。