They have a structure called the tapetum lucidum, which is Latin for “bright tapestry.”

它们有一种叫做绒毡层结构， 在拉丁语是“明亮” 意思。

The color of that glow, also called eyeshine, depends on what the tapetum lucidum is made of.

发光颜色， 也称为眼光， 取决于绒毡层分。

Cats' eyes get their shine from a structure called the tapetum lucidum that sits behind the photoreceptors.

猫眼睛从位于感光器后面称为绒毡层结构光泽。

And they have the tapetum lucidum, which is the thing you see in cats' eyes or deer eyes or whatever that reflects light back at you.

它们有绒毡层，这是你在猫眼或鹿眼或任何能将光反射回你身上东西上看到东西。

Walls noted that many diurnal mammals had large corneas, fewer types of photoreceptor cells to see colors, and a tapetum lucidum—a reflective surface that increases light absorption by the retina.

Walls 指出，许多昼夜活动哺乳动物都有大角膜、较少类型感光细胞来识别颜色，以及绒毡层——一种增加视网膜对光吸收反射表面。