They focused their attention on the caterpillars of cinnabar moths.

他们将研究重点集中在朱砂蛾毛虫身上。

They did, however, find traces of cinnabar, a red pigment containing mercury sulfide.

然而，他们发现了朱砂的痕迹，朱砂是一种含有硫化汞的红色颜料。

He needs cinnabar for his ritual to ward off the storms.

他需要朱砂来完成仪式，继而抵抗风暴。

The red paint adorning the mask is made of cinnabar, a compound of mercury and sulphur.

面具上的红色颜料是由朱砂制成的，朱砂是汞和硫的化合物。

He brings the herbs he gathered to trade for cinnabar, a mineral that comes from the highlands in the Andes.

他要把采集到的草药用来交换朱砂，那是一种产自安第斯高原的矿物。

Quexo can't find any cinnabar in the market, so he heads to the main temple, dodging children playing in the plaza.

凯克索没在集市上找到任何朱砂，所以他决定前往主神庙，躲过在广场上嬉戏的儿童。

Many of them are Quexo's friends from festivals over the years, but he doesn't see the mountain shamans who would have cinnabar.

他们当中的很多人是这几年凯克索在庆典中结识的朋友，但他没有看见拥有朱砂的高山萨满祭司。

Human blood is sticky when it clots, and would certainly bind cinnabar to gold for a millennium-but so would that of many other species.

人类血液凝结时是粘性的，可以将朱砂和黄金粘合长达一千年，但许多其他物种的血液也是如此。

He needs cinnabar for his ritual to ward off the storms. Around lunchtime, the sprawling temple rises out of the desert ahead.

他的仪式需要朱砂来抵御风暴。午餐时间左右，庞大的寺庙从前面的沙漠中拔地而起。

But turning cinnabar into paint requires a binding agent-and in this case it must have been a good one, to keep the paint attached to the mask for so long.

但是把朱砂变成颜料需要一种粘合剂，在这种情况下，必定是一种很好的粘合剂，才能让颜料附着在面具上这么长时间。