Both lard and suet when present in moderate amount are beneficial; for they contribute to health and strength, while they are no hindrance9 to sensation. But when they are present in great excess, they are injurious and destructive. For were the whole body formed of them it would perish. For an animal is an animal in virtue10 of its sensory11 part, that is in virtue of its flesh, or of the substance analogous12 to flesh. But the blood, as before stated, is not sensitive; as therefore is neither lard nor suet, seeing that they are nothing but concocted blood. Were then the whole body composed of these substances, it would be utterly13 without sensation. Such animals, again, as are excessively fat age rapidly. For so much of their blood is used in forming fat, that they have but little left; and when there is but little blood the way is already open for decay. For decay may be said to be deficiency of blood, the scantiness14 of which renders it liable, like all bodies of small bulk, to be injuriously affected15 by any chance excess of heat or cold. For the same reason fat animals are less prolific16 than others. For that part of the blood which should go to form semen and seed is used up in the production of lard and suet, which are nothing but concocted blood; so that in these animals there is either no reproductive excretion at all, or only a scanty17 amount.

点击
收听单词发音

1
concocted
![]() |
|
v.将(尤指通常不相配合的)成分混合成某物( concoct的过去式和过去分词 );调制;编造;捏造 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
2
expended
![]() |
|
v.花费( expend的过去式和过去分词 );使用(钱等)做某事;用光;耗尽 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
3
unctuous
![]() |
|
adj.油腔滑调的,大胆的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
4
dense
![]() |
|
a.密集的,稠密的,浓密的;密度大的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
5
broths
![]() |
|
n.肉汤( broth的名词复数 );厨师多了烧坏汤;人多手杂反坏事;人多添乱 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
6
jaw
![]() |
|
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
7
jaws
![]() |
|
n.口部;嘴 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
8
friable
![]() |
|
adj.易碎的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
9
hindrance
![]() |
|
n.妨碍,障碍 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
10
virtue
![]() |
|
n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
11
sensory
![]() |
|
adj.知觉的,感觉的,知觉器官的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
12
analogous
![]() |
|
adj.相似的;类似的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
13
utterly
![]() |
|
adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
14
scantiness
![]() |
|
n.缺乏 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
15
affected
![]() |
|
adj.不自然的,假装的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
16
prolific
![]() |
|
adj.丰富的,大量的;多产的,富有创造力的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
17
scanty
![]() |
|
adj.缺乏的,仅有的,节省的,狭小的,不够的 | |
参考例句: |
|
|
欢迎访问英文小说网 |