The female takes the lead.雌鳥(niǎo)率先開(kāi)始工作

take the lead引導(dǎo)； 帶頭； 做榜樣

Now everybody sing! I'll take the lead.

現(xiàn)在大家唱歌, 我起頭。

Japan has taken the lead in car production.

在汽車生產(chǎn)方面日本占首位。

They're building a mud nest on the underside of the boulder's overhang,where it'll be protected from the rain.鳥(niǎo)夫妻在突出的巨石下面搭建泥巢使其免遭雨水的破壞

protect from保護(hù) ... 不受； 使 ... 免于

They netted the fruit trees to protect them from birds.

他們用網(wǎng)覆蓋住果樹(shù)以使其免遭鳥(niǎo)害。

An umbrella will protect you from the rain.

雨傘可以保護(hù)你不致雨淋。

The floods gradually drain back into the established waterways that run through the forest like blood vessels.洪水逐漸退回到原有的水道那些水道如血管一般遍布在雨林中

run through貫穿

A deep melancholy runs through her poetry.

她的詩(shī)中貫穿著悲傷的情調(diào)。

The Appalachians run through thirteen states.

阿巴拉契亞山脈穿經(jīng)十三個(gè)州。