"covering" digs and "dig a new pocket"

Chinese translation: 覆盖式的挖 新挖一个洞

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English term or phrase:"covering" digs and "dig a new pocket"
Chinese translation:覆盖式的挖 新挖一个洞
Entered by: Bill

03:09 Dec 16, 2008
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Tech/Engineering - Fisheries
English term or phrase: "covering" digs and "dig a new pocket"
The female soon begins a series of gentle “covering” digs, starting just upstream from the pocket containing the eggs, to bury the eggs and begin [digging a new pocket].
Mark Chen
Local time: 21:31
覆盖式的挖 新挖一个洞
Explanation:
gentle "covering" digs 轻挖能把。。盖住
dig a new pocket 新挖一个洞
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3 +1隐蔽式的挖掘
Eva Xu
3覆盖式的挖 新挖一个洞
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覆盖式的挖 新挖一个洞


Explanation:
gentle "covering" digs 轻挖能把。。盖住
dig a new pocket 新挖一个洞

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隐蔽式的挖掘


Explanation:
"covering" digs 应该是隐蔽式的挖掘 可以翻译成“……一系列轻柔而秘密的挖掘‘工作’”


Eva Xu
China
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

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