And then a few bulbs came to the Netherlands, and they started to multiply.

然后一些鳞茎植物来到了荷兰，它们开始了繁殖。

You're happy enough to look at tulip bulbs.

你看郁金香鳞茎啊。

Bulbs that you plant in the autumn should flower the following spring.

【flower】秋天种下的鳞茎植物来年春天就会开花。

This doesn't look like a face but like an unknown vegetable, a mangled bulb or tuber, something that's grown wrong.

这看起来不像一张脸，而像一种未知的蔬菜，一个残的鳞茎或块茎，一些长错了的东西。

White, thread-like roots hang down from this bulb, while from its upper end there rise two narrow green leaves, six or eight inches in length.

而线状的白色根部就是从这里向下延伸，鳞茎顶端则长出两片狭窄的绿叶，长到八英寸不等。

Onions are bulbs, which means they're mostly leaves around a modified stem that's evolved to swell up and store food for the plant during the winter months.

洋葱是鳞茎，这意味着它们主要是叶子围绕着一根经过改造的茎，茎在冬天的几个月里不断膨胀，植物储存食物。

I can remember the smell of the turned earth, the plump shapes of bulbs held in the hands, fullness, the dry rustle of seeds through the fingers.

我还记得翻土的气味，手里拿着的鳞茎丰满的形状，饱满，种子在手指上干燥的沙沙声。

During the Carboniferous, much of the Earth was covered in lush forests and swamps, and this is where the scale trees flourished, sometimes growing as tall as a 15-story building.

在石炭纪， 地球的大部分地区都被茂密的森林和沼泽所覆盖，这里正是鳞茎繁茂的地方，有时甚至可以长到 15 层楼那么高。