pheromones

英

美 [ˈfɛrəˌmoʊnz]

n.  外激素; 信息素
pheromone的复数

柯林斯词典

• 信息素（生物体释放的化学物质、能影响其他同类生物的行为）
  Some animals and insects produce chemicals calledpheromoneswhich affect the behaviour of other animals and insects of the same type, for example by attracting them sexually.

双语例句

• Some scientists believe human pheromones might be influencing our decisions along the normal olfactory pathway.
  有些科学家相信人类的信息素会通过正常的气味传导而影响我们的决定。
• In this paper we provide a brief description of termite pheromones and their analogues and summarize recent progress in research on these substances from both a chemical and biological perspective.
  本文从化学和生物两个方面总结了几十年来国内外白蚁信息素及其类似物研究进展。
• The team chose to modify a well-studied signaling pathway in yeast that mediates the organism's response to mating pheromones.
  该团队决定对酵母菌中的一个已被充分研究的信号通路进行修改，该信号通路可介导酵母菌对交配外激素的反应。
• I'm aware of how pheromones work.
  我注意到信息素是怎么工作的。
• These results indicate that different brood pheromones of honeybee have different biological effects.
  这说明不同蜜蜂幼虫信息素具有不同的生物学效应。
• Aren't there pheromones produced in adolescent sweat?
  青少年的汗水不会制造信息素么？
• The results suggest that different brood pheromones of honeybee have different biological effects on development and foraging behavior of Apis cerana cerana workers.
  这些结果说明，不同蜜蜂幼虫信息素对中华蜜蜂工蜂发育和采集行为具有不同的生物学效应。
• The second is that some perfumes contain chemicals that mimic human pheromones& elusive, mysterious substances believed by some to play a role in mating.
  第二，有些香水中含有模仿人类酶的生化信息素，尽管有些玄乎，但该神秘物质在某些人眼中是唯一可以在求偶中发挥作用的东西；
• Respond to pheromones, too.
  也会对信息素做出反应。
• The most interesting area, though, is the interaction between perfumes and natural scents that carry messages but do not have the specific properties of pheromones.
  最令人关注的地方在于，香水香味和自然香味之间的相互关系，后者带有一定信息但没有信息素的独特属性。