The glowworms use light to attract prey and burn off waste.

这些萤火虫靠发光捕猎和燃烧残余。

I will also embark in the enchanting experience of viewing um glowworm.

我也将踏上观赏萤火虫的迷人旅途。

" Ah—glowworms, " said Wildeve. " Wait a minute. We can continue the game."

“啊——萤火虫，”韦狄说。“等一等。我们可以继续玩下去了。”

Despite its name, a glowworm is actually a type of what?

不考虑名字，萤火虫实际上是哪一类昆虫？

" Hang the glowworms—they are going out. Why don't you burn, you little fools? Stir them up with a thorn."

“该死的萤火虫——它们快没有光了。你们这些小笨蛋，为什么不发光了？拿一根棘刺搅它们一下。”

However, near midnight it disappeared, or to use a more appropriate expression, it went out, like a huge glowworm.

不过，快到半夜的时候，它不见了，或用一句更准确的话说，它像一只大萤火虫一样不发光了。

That makes them perfect to see the work of glowworms which uses their light to attract a mate or attract a meal.

这些洞穴成了观赏萤火虫的绝佳之地，这些萤火虫靠发光吸引配偶或者捕食。

Deep in certain caves are glowworms.

某些洞穴深处有萤火虫。

The glow is created by a combination of chemicals given off by the glowworm and the oxygen in the air.

光亮由萤火虫自身产生的化学物质和空气中的氧气结合而成。

He probed the glowworms with a bit of stick, and rolled them over, till the bright side of their tails was upwards.

他用一小截木棍捣那些萤火虫，把它们翻过身来，尾巴发亮的一边都朝上。

Further south, in the UK, glowworm numbers have collapsed by three-quarters since 2001, research has found, with the climate crisis considered the primary culprit.

研究发现，在更南边的英国，自 2001 年以来，萤火虫的数量已经骤降了四分之三，而气候危机被认为是主要的罪魁祸首。

She could see the glowworm light from the binnacle, and the dim outline of the man at the wheel; also a form at the bows.

她可以看到罗经柜发出的萤光， 以及掌舵人模糊的轮廓。 也是船头的一种形式。

Venn sat still, and his companion went hither and thither till he had gathered thirteen glowworms—as many as he could find in a space of four or five minutes—upon a fox-glove leaf which he pulled for the purpose.

维恩一动不动坐在那儿，他的同伴跑这边，奔那边，捉到了十三个萤火虫——这是他四五分钟工夫里费尽力气捉到的——把它们放在一片特地扯下来的洋地黄草叶上。

And shaking the glowworms from the leaf he ranged them with a trembling hand in a circle on the stone, leaving a space in the middle for the descent of the dice-box, over which the thirteen tiny lamps threw a pale phosphoric shine.

他把萤火虫从草叶上抖落下来，用哆嗦的手把它们在石板上围成一个圈，中间留出一块空间好放骰子盒，十三盏小灯射出磷火一般的淡光，照在上面。