a nest of ants的意思|示意

Nigel Franks of the University of Bristol, in England, and his colleagues studied how a species of ants called Temnothorax albipennis establish a new nest.

英国布里斯托尔大学的Nigel Franks和他的同事研究了一种Temnothorax albipennis蚂蚁怎样建立新的巢穴。

Once, I walked under a branch and knocked down an ants' nest, sending thousands of them cascading over me.

一次我走到一根树枝下，打开了一个蚂蚁窝，这导致成千上万的蚂蚁爬满我的全身。

A third group of still larger ants do the construction work and collect fresh leaves from outside the nest.

更大些的第三组蚂蚁做建筑工，另负责把户外的鲜树叶拾进巢穴；

I want to mention this because one of my friends happened to step onto a fire ants' nest and got stung more than 40 times in a very short time.

我想在这里提一句是因为我有个朋友不小心踩到一个火蚁窝，在很短的时间内就被咬了40多次。

Individually, these ants are following a simple set of rules and acting on local information: follow the pheromone clues and bring food back to the nest.

作为个体，这些蚂蚁只是遵守一套简单的规则，并对局部信息做出反应：跟随信息素发出的信号以及将食物搬回巢穴。

We find an elementary school crawling with raiders who've been trying to tunnel into Vault 101, but have failed after disturbing a nest of giant radioactive ants.

我们发现了一所小学，这小学里面盘踞着一群想打地道进入101号避难所的强盗。但他们挖到一个辐射蚁窝里去了，于是失败了。