The researchers found that pack rats from the Mojave harbor gut bacteria that can break down creosote.

研究人员发现莫哈韦港口的林鼠所收集的肠道细菌可以分解木榴油。

Number One has had the misfortune to tread in the creosote.

第一个人不幸踏在木馏油上面。

Clearly the pungent smell of the creosote rose high above all other contending scents.

显然这强烈的木馏油味比路上的其他气味更为强烈。

And in the Mojave desert, yucca and creosote bushes may go two years without rain.

而在莫哈韦沙漠中，丝兰和杂酚油灌木两年没有下雨也能存活。

Some of these plants produce protective toxins, for example the junipers in the Great Basin desert or the creosote bushes of the Mojave.

这些原生植物中有一些自身会产生保护性毒素，就像在美国西南部大盆地沙漠中的杜松或者是莫哈韦的石炭酸灌木。

Further, the researchers found that they could take pack rats from the Great Basin—the ones that eat juniper—and give them the ability to eat creosote.

此外，研究人员还发现他们可以将大盆地沙漠中进食杜松的林鼠带到莫哈韦沙漠，赋予它们消化木榴油的能力。

If it has been boiled an hour or two or smoked on a pitchy fire, no matter, —who cares for a little tannin or creosote?

如果将其煮沸一两个小时或在漆黑的火上熏制， 无论如何，谁在乎一点点单宁或杂酚油？

You can find it in the turning of theseasons, in the way sand trails along a ridge, in thebranch clusters of the creosote bush or the pattern ofits leaves.

你可以在季节的交替中，在沙子沿着山脊的轨迹中，在杂酚油灌木的枝丛中或它的叶子的图案中找到它。