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The catkin and spadix are modification of the spike.

葇荑花序和肉穗花序都是穗状花序的变形。

In Spring, tiny flowers called catkins blossom, then develop into acorns, which form inside a cap called a cupule.

春天时，名叫葇荑花的微小花朵盛开，然后变成了橡子，它在内部形成了一个叫吸盘的保护盖。

The old grass grew green.as well as the young grass that pushed up in needle points;the buds swelled on the guelder-rose and the currant bush,and the birch trees were sticky with sap;honey bees began buzzing among the golden catkin s葇荑花序 of the willow.

隔年的草又开始发绿，新草长出了针尖般的叶片；绣球花和红醋栗的芽苞显得胀鼓鼓的，桦树灌满了树汁，变得黏糊糊的，蜜蜂开始在柳树枝上金色的柳絮中嗡嗡叫。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。