红外线感受器 meaning in English

infrared receptor

If they blocked out the eyes , the snakes functioned with just their infrared sensors
假如它们不用眼睛，就启用红外线感受器。
A rattlesnake , for instance , has one small pit on each side of its head , filled with thousands of receptor cells , which are actually microscopic - sized infrared sensors
例如响尾蛇在头部两侧小凹坑里的器官充满数千个受体细胞，这实际上就是显微的红外线感受器。
They can use their eyes to create a visual image of the world around them , just like humans do , or they can use their extraordinarily sensitive infrared sensors to create a similar image based upon heat emitted by objects in their environment
它们用眼睛获得周围世界的视觉影像，这点和人类相同，但蛇还能用它们异常敏感的红外线感受器，依靠周围物体发出的热量获得相似的视觉影像。