Animals become confused when the normal patterns of light and dark are changed.

当正常的明暗模式被改变时，动物就会感到困惑。

She arranged for her barge to be decorated with thousands of tiny oil lamps and glittering, flickering patterns of lights.

她在她的驳船上装饰了成千上万的小油灯和闪闪发光的灯光图案。

The result is a characteristic pattern of light and dark fringes.

结果是明暗条纹的特征图案。

Each unit sees only a small part of the insect's surroundings, but all of them together create a mosaic image—a pattern of light and dark dots.

但是所有的小眼构成了一个由亮点和暗点组成的马赛克合成图案。

Many illusions use patterns of light or perspective to exploit the disconnect that exists between sensation and perception — between what your eyes see and what your brain understands.

许多错觉使用光线或透视模式来利用感觉和感知之间存在的脱节（你的眼睛看到的和你的大脑理解的之间）。

But fortunately, each species has a characteristic pattern of light organs, photophores, along the sides of the body and the belly, and we can use these to identify them.

但幸运的是，每种（灯笼鱼）都有一个典型模式的发光器官，沿着身体及腹部，我们可以据此识别它们。

And perhaps most importantly, the unadorned walls no paint, no plaster, no curtains unless by special request put the pattern of light at the center of the adornment for the house.

也许最重要的是，没有装饰的墙壁，没有油漆，没有灰泥，没有窗帘，除非有特别的要求把光的图案放在房子装饰的中心。

Suddenly it would make its appearance again and brilliant patches of light would flash out once more through the branches, crossing and recrossing, a tangled pattern of light and shade.

突然它又出现了，灿烂的光斑从树枝间再次闪现，交错交错，光影交错。